Tasting Notes

Cold Draw

This stogie is definitely one for the books. A little whiff of the wrapper gives off a sweet wet barnyard smell coupled with dark cocoa notes and shy cedar-wood nuances. The cold draw reveals a perfect draw with notes of spice, dry hay, wood, and sweet tobacco.

First Half

Upon lighting, expect tons of aromatic smoke. Dark notes of creamy espresso, toasted nuts, a pinch of black pepper, oak, and caramel take over the palate while premium tobacco notes comingled with leather and exquisitely aged wine hold down the fort.

When they say this cigar is complex, they are not kidding. There is a cornucopia of flavour transitions in the mid-section of this smoke. Milk-chocolate bunched with a little spice kick, sweet vanilla, and toasted caramel interchange with dark fruity zest married to leather, tasty tobacco, and deep earth. Delicate notes of rye bread and sweet dark cherry zoom in and out throughout the smoke. Retrohale is rife with delightful fruity notes backed by a mellow wine-like disposition.

Last Half

As the flavour transitions settle down, this stogie moseys on a blanket of smooth, dark, heavy deliciousness. The strength inches up to full without any astringent elements.

You will not believe the perfect harmony of sweet and savory that brings this bad boy to the nub. Even for my size-challenged Corona, I did not experience heat until it came down to the nub. Creamy notes and marzipan sweetness were the last flavors I tasted as I bid adieu to my Joya Silver Corona. My smoke ran for a little over an hour.

Draw and Burn

Thanks to the consistent filler bunching, the draw was excellent and the burn flawless. Ash was an impressive salt and pepper colour that held up to half an inch.
If I had to choose my favorite attribute of this stogie, behind the flavour, is the sheer amount of smoke output.