Review Notes: Construction looked okay but after lighting it up I knew this wasn't going to be a relaxing smoke. It was going to require a ton of work. This thing was rock hard, way too tight, and there was little to no ability to draw off of it. I repeatedly had to use a paper clip to clear space. I've never experienced a cigar so overly tight which was too bad. Flavor was very unique (first CC for me), it was very sour kind of like sour cream or kimchi or something. In fact I woke up in the middle of the night with the odd sour flavor still in my mouth. I was gifted this from someone who knows their cigars so I'm confident this was a legit smoke. Maybe I got a bad one but with the construction issues and not overly complex or enjoyable flavor I have to give it a thumbs down. If that sourness is what people call twang, just dump some sour milk on a NC and then voila, you have a CC. I certainly will not write off an entire nation's products but this intro to them was a big let down. I've read that CC QC is a bit lax and they are often hit or miss. Hopefully mine was just a miss. Based on the other reviews it seems I did.

Review Notes: Great smoke and a good value. About to order another 50 Cab as I only have 5 left from the Cab I'm smoking on and another on deck from Aug 08 when these are gone. Smoke with 1-3 years of age. These have a medium body with slight hints of honey, cream and cedar. It gives off a large volume of smoke and they have an even burn. I keep mine at 65*/66rh.

Review Notes: Smoking from an early 2006 cab and they are very smooth, velvety smoke. Flavorfull. Have to give full marks for value, since I had the opportunity to purchase while in Cuba.

Review Notes: I have now smoked 3 of these, all from cabinets. Appearance is very good with colorado claro/colorado wrappers some more oily than others. they draw well and the aromas are sweet, earhy and spicy. there is not much of an evolution but it is very enjoyable. 

Review Notes: This review is based on one stick...subtle undetectable aroma and pre-light draw, but once lit, I was treated to a very creamy, sweet smoke, with wood in the background...the cream and wood notes worked well together, very enjoyable...coming into the 2cnd 3rd, it tunneled-my experience though overcame it, and once fixed, to my amazement, the burn evened out and was actually razor sharp! (if you are able to catch a tunneler early on, you can apply a good amount of saliva to the spot where it surfaced, then blow out through the cigar periodically for about 1-2 minutes, don't continue to draw during this time or it will get worse)...anyway that's what I did and I was able to get right back on track with enjoying this unique complex smoke...yes very complex, the aroma was most impressive, I was able to focus with utmost scruteny, to name a few aromas: lightly fragrenced citrus hand soap (sounds strange but was delectable), ginger bread, lemon cake, and into the finnish, the aroma was sweet and orangey-a rare aroma to occur in cigars; the cuban Hoyo D.C. has early aromas of lemon, but orange was a new one to me, very nice...as for the flavor of the finnish, it was equally complex...wood got stronger, the creaminess still present, but hanging in the background now, and fleeting moments of esspresso...I nubbed this gar, and the aroma changed again! campfire is how I'd describe it, it was unmistakeable and also new to me...and yes I really experienced all this, from a splendid charmer of a mareva...a classy stick for sure-and worth every penny...if you're searching for power, you may want to look this one over...but if you appreciate a good cigar at any strength, by all means I recommend you try it...it's hard for me to rate the construction, because I rarely encounter a tunneling cigar that doesn't end up ruined...so it gets negative points for tunneling, but a huge plus for being able to smoke it to the nub hahaha...keep in mind I only smoked one.