Diamond Crown Maximus Robusto No. 5 Review

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[SIZE=3]After reading many other reviews and smoking a lot more cigars, I’m going to take a shot at an numerically rating system based on a few overall critical of “Overall Appearance,” being 12%, “Construction and Draw being” being 19%, “Burn” being 19%, and “Taste” being the remaining 50%.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Diamond Crown Maximus Robusto No. 5, Grab Bag Purchase, but CI has for $10[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Overall Appearance: Bad (0), OK (1), Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Appearance: Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Consistency of Wrapper: Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Construction and Draw: Bad (0), OK (1), Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Construction too Lose/Hard: Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Draw too Easy/Hard: Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Well Made: Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Burn: Bad (0), OK (1), Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Initial: OK (1)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Even: OK (1)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Too Fast/Slow: Good (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Taste: Bad (0), OK (2), Good (4)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]First Third: OK (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Second Third: Bad (0)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Final Third: OK (2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Complexity: Bad (0)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Total score of 18 out of 32 – 56%[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]I just finished a hard day of moving so I decided to check out my local B&M that is 2 blocks away from me – Havanna House. Check my review in the California section about it, but my general thought was it was not good as a cigar lounge. There were 2 other guys though that bought some cigars and we chatted a bit so the social interaction was quite nice.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Review[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]1st Third[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]It started a bit spicy and had a good lingering peppery flavor, but it soon started to get real salty, just bad bar nuts salty. It is not a particularly nice flavor for me, personally.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]2nd Third[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]This thing was like a salt lick this whole second third and I was getting pretty sick from the flavor of it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]3rd and Finish[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]I kept on going as I hopped the flavor would improve and it did slightly. While the salt was still there, a slightly sweet and earthy flavor entered my palette. If there was no salt though, I definitely think it would have been a much better finish, but it wasn’t.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Thoughts[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]This cigar looks great and even the cellophane wrapper had the words “Robusto No.5” stamped on it in bold gold lettering. The construction was near flawless too; no hard spots, draw was good and overall well made. The burn though was not that great with an uneven initial burn and a few touchups but the speed was good. The flavor though was pretty bad, and honestly, the only reason I finished this cigar was because I was chatting with some other patrons. The first and last third were “decent” at best, but definitely the second third was very bad. I did get this in a grab bad purchase, but CI sells these for $10 which is way more than I’d ever pay for it, if I’d ever buy it again.[/SIZE]