Review Notes: This little stick packs a strong punch. From the intro, this smoke combines very heavy, robust flavors of leather, charred wood and pepper. The pepper, inparticular, is extremely pronounced- if I could some this smoke up in one word it would be "spicey" As the charred wood and leather are equally pronounced. At the finish(literally at my fingers) it mellowed a little, so there were mild hints of cocoa, and a creamy, vanilla finish; however, this was short lived, b/c there was nothing left to smoke. I would certainly like to try a bigger length of this cigar and compare. Compared to other maduro's, this wasn't as sweet and cocoa/chocolate/expresso- like alot of the others. This was hearty and robust.