Review - The Griffins Petite Corona

[Texan_To_The_End]

DATE: 2006/06/19
REVIEWER: Timothy "Texan_To_The_End" Piper
CIGAR: The Griffins Petite Corona
SIZE: 5.0 X 42
ORIGIN: Santiago, Dominican Republic
WRAPPER: Conn-Maduro
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican
SHAPE: Petite Corona (No. 500)
AGE: At least a year. In my humidor since 2006/04/23
VENDOR: Gifted by Pegleg. (Thanks again!)
PRICE: Unknown. Current retail is US $4.20 each.
AMBIENCE: 8AM Monday morning, rainy and cool.
BEVERAGE: Coffee - black.
APPEARANCE: Dry dark non-oily wrapper; stiff as a board.
PRE_LIGHT: No appreciable taste or smell.
DRAW: Perfect resistance.
FIRST_THIRD: Pretty bland tasting smoke. Mild woody flavor which was
only fair tasting.
SECOND_THIRD: Most of the non-oily maduro's do seem to have a similarity,
in that they seem to coat my tongue with their taste. Not
a bad thing if the taste is good. In this case it was only
average.
FINAL_THIRD: Got slightly bitter in the last third. Developed just a
hint of peppery flavor right at the end.
BURN: Very good burn, as most corona sized cigars have.
ASH: Dark grey flakey ash.
SMOKE: Sparce white wood tasting smoke.
STRENGTH: Mild to medium.
FLAVOUR: Very one dimensional woody tasting flavor.
FINISH: No real finish to speak of, dissapated as soon as I set it down.
SMOKE_TIME: 45 minutes.
IMPRESSION: I had some Principes this size a few months ago that tasted
better than this, and they were $15 per bundle of 25...
RATING: 5 out of a possible TEN wooden matchsticks.
COMMENTS: This might have been a much better tasting cigar if they
would have used a more oily, expensive wrapper. Would have
helped give it a bit more taste. Then again, this might be
either a "bad stick" or one of those strange cigars which
taste better freshly rolled and get worse with age. In either
case, I most likely will not put these on "The List".
PICTURES: http://tinyurl.com/q89j3

[JohnnyFlake]

Thanks for the well written review about a not so great cigar. I have tried the Griffins Line several times, and each time I was disappointed by the very bland, falvorless profile. They seem to be mild beyond the definition of mild! I've been so disappoint by them, that I cannot bring myself to try their Fuerte Line, which some people say is pretty decent.

JohnnyFlake