Review Notes: All the reviews of this line had me expecting the usual, harsh, cheap tasting cigar that typically goes along with words like "powerhouse" and "butt-kicker". I lit up and was greeted with a peppery taste, a little bold, but nothing insane. After the first 1/2 inch - inch the cigar settled into a medium bodied wood.dominican_soil.leather.marshmellow flavor (yes, I said marshmellow.. only way I can describe that particular taste). As I was thinking about the wimps who had been blinded by marketing the last 1 - 2 inches was creeping up. When it hit that mark, the cigar changed from a tattooed cat to a tiger. It became quite full bodied and I suddenly wished I had saved this for after dinner rather than before. The bad thing, is as it picked up power, it picked up a metallic taste as well. Burn and draw were both quite good.