I love the perfecto. I like the way they look, the way they smoke, I like the different flavors you taste between the start an finish. Anyway here goes

Overall construction was very good not too veiny and had a nice leathery look and feel

Easy light and a perfect draw. I did have to touch it up with the torch a couple of times but it has been my experience this is not uncommon with perfectos or figurados.

With the first couple of draws it put a nice bite on my toungue and I could feel a little heavyness in my stomach. First impression was that this was going to be a powerful full bodied smoke. It really mellowed out after it reached the fatter regions of the cigar. It had nice white smoke and a fairly tight ash that held pretty good to about 3/4 of an inch. In my opinion it was not very complex after the first inch or so and I was a little disapointed with the over all cigar. For what is concidered by some to be a top shelf brand I was not impressed. They do look nice out of their cello and resting in a tray of your humidor. Maybe they just need a little more age. I guess eight years is not enough!