Review - Indian Tabac Cameroon Legend

[Texan_To_The_End]

DATE: 2006/06/18
REVIEWER: Timothy "Texan_To_The_End" Piper
CIGAR: Indian Tabac Cameroon Legend
SIZE: 5.0 X 52
ORIGIN: Santiago, Dominican Republic
WRAPPER: Brazilian Cameroon
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican
SHAPE: Robusto Grande
AGE: Unknown. In my humidor since 2006/06/06
VENDOR: Traded with ChigaRay. (Thanks again!)
PRICE: Unknown. Current retail is US $2.50
AMBIENCE: 6:30PM Father's Day. Just got home from a rather long drive
to have lunch with relatives. Fairly cool from the front
that moved through today, low humidity, and looks like more rain.
BEVERAGE: None.
APPEARANCE: A dark semi-oily veiny wrapper. Pretty hefty stick. This
claims to be a Cameroon but sure looks maduro to me.
PRE_LIGHT: Good taste and smell of wood and leather.
DRAW: Perfect resistance.
FIRST_THIRD: Dry tasting (typical of how Cameroon wraps taste to me) woody
flavors. Had no sweetness at all in it. Was a bit harsh upon
lighting and has disappated a bit but not completely.
SECOND_THIRD: A little sweet buttery flavor started creeping in to the flavor
mix. Still a bit too much wood flavor for my current preferences
but pretty nice.
FINAL_THIRD: That harsh taste started getting stronger towards the end. Buttery
taste left after only a brief visit.
BURN: Perfect.
ASH: Very white flakey ash with a yellow center.
SMOKE: Lots of extremely woody tasting yellowish smoke.
STRENGTH: Medium with some harshness.
FLAVOUR: Very woody profile with hints of butter and grass occasionally.
FINISH: The woody flavors stayed with me for a good 30 minutes.
SMOKE_TIME: 50 minutes.
IMPRESSION: I've had other Cameroons lately, and they've had the same type
of general taste profile, but none have been quite this harsh.
It didn't taste like an age issue, but rather was just part of
the way this stick tastes. Not horrible, but not my favorite.
RATING: 6 out of a possible TEN wooden matchsticks.
COMMENTS: I definitely rate the "Super Fuerte" much higher and among the
short list of stuff that is always available in my humidor. The
Cameroon just tastes rather more harsh than necessary to my taste.
PICTURES: http://tinyurl.com/lxb7q

[fitzsmoke]

Good review. Maybe I'll try one someday.