Santa Rosa Toro Maduro Review

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DATE: 2006/05/02XX
REVIEWER: Timothy "Texan_To_The_End" Piper
CIGAR: Santa Rosa Toro Maduro
SIZE: 6" X 50
ORIGIN: Honduran
WRAPPER: Honduran
BINDER: Honduran
FILLER: Honduran
SHAPE: Toro
AGE: Recent purchase, in storage since 2006/03/13
VENDOR: Box from CigarBid auction. Price around $1.40 US each.
AMBIENCE: 9Pm in my usual chair on the back deck. Cool and
breezy with relatively low humidity.
BEVERAGE: Tap-water
APPEARANCE: Black rough veiny lumpy wrapper that was rock hard. I
could pound nails with this cigar. Extremely light in
weight.
PRE_LIGHT: Almost no odor discernable. Predraw had that good
maduro flavor.
DRAW: Pretty tight for the first 1/2 inch, perfect after that
FIRST_THIRD: The smoke is very mild, but all the flavor in the
saliva is wonderful. Cocoa & chocolate, sort of like
licking cocoa butter off a Polynesian girl's thighs.
I like it. <G>
SECOND_THIRD: The coffee flavor begins to surface here, pushing the
other flavors to the background.
FINAL_THIRD: Taste went downhill quickly for an inch or so, and got
rather harsh. Then slowly went back to coffee except
slightly burned coffee. I still liked this taste.
BURN: Ragged uneven burn that never quite made me reach for
a lighter. Unever but steady.
ASH: Dark grey flakey ash.
SMOKE: Bluish floral smelling smoke. Didn't taste at all
like it smelled though, cocoa and coffee throughout.
STRENGTH: Mild, turning to medium at 2/3 smoked.
FLAVOUR: Cocoa, coffee and butter primarily.
FINISH: Left me with a similar taste/feeling to having just
drank a good cup of coffee. Stayed with me for a
good 20 minutes afterwards.
SMOKE_TIME: an hour even.
IMPRESSION: The last box I had of these were in the humidor for 6
or 7 months before smoking any of them. This box is
very new, so I think they might be better after a few
more months.
RATING: 5 out of a possible TEN wooden matchsticks.
COMMENTS: I know it's cheap; I know it's common and I know it
isn't Cuban, but I like this cigar and will probably
keep some around for occasional use.
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