Liga Privada T52
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Liga Privada T52
First impressions: A dark brown almost maduro wrapper with a leathery oily sheen and feel. The stick is a little spongy.
Prelight: Cutter with Cuban Crafters Perfecto 24. Lit with a Xikar Axia. Flavors of mature tobacco and chocolate. A saltiness noted on the lips.
First Puffs: First pull I noted a smoky cumin flavor and cocoa with a pepper bite. Some corn meal flavor notes with a salty flavor in the back of the throat.
First third: A medium smoke with a hollow pull. Not very much smoke noted. Some tunneling occuring burn is not razor sharp. A dry smoke with a loose roll. Saltiness and cumin flavor gone replaced with leather and roasted nut.
Second third: Notes of semi sweet chocolate with a strong cedar back note. A very short cinnamon flavor in the retrohale. Some correction needed to correct the tunneling. Starting to pick up with some oak and hickory flavors in the retrohale. Also a short licorice flavor in the nose. Strength picked up on some draws but soon returned to medium. Corn meal flavor return but is short lived.
Final third: Cigar falls flat on its face, very one sided flavor of oak and tobacco. This is not a complex cigar. I also noted some bitterness that didnt go away so I could not finish the stick.
Final thoughts: I am not impressed with this cigar. It looks beautiful and is nice to the touch. All looks with no substance. The flavors were just not there. If some attention was paid to the bunching this would change the flavor profile and would have made the flavor more pronounced. This could be a contender. It could of been a dud although I expect a lot more for a cigar costing $12. I have a few others to try but I am not hopeful. I have $4-5 dollar cigar with much more to offer. Sorry guys I really want to love this cigar but was disappointed in the profile and construction.
First impressions: A dark brown almost maduro wrapper with a leathery oily sheen and feel. The stick is a little spongy.
Prelight: Cutter with Cuban Crafters Perfecto 24. Lit with a Xikar Axia. Flavors of mature tobacco and chocolate. A saltiness noted on the lips.
First Puffs: First pull I noted a smoky cumin flavor and cocoa with a pepper bite. Some corn meal flavor notes with a salty flavor in the back of the throat.
First third: A medium smoke with a hollow pull. Not very much smoke noted. Some tunneling occuring burn is not razor sharp. A dry smoke with a loose roll. Saltiness and cumin flavor gone replaced with leather and roasted nut.
Second third: Notes of semi sweet chocolate with a strong cedar back note. A very short cinnamon flavor in the retrohale. Some correction needed to correct the tunneling. Starting to pick up with some oak and hickory flavors in the retrohale. Also a short licorice flavor in the nose. Strength picked up on some draws but soon returned to medium. Corn meal flavor return but is short lived.
Final third: Cigar falls flat on its face, very one sided flavor of oak and tobacco. This is not a complex cigar. I also noted some bitterness that didnt go away so I could not finish the stick.
Final thoughts: I am not impressed with this cigar. It looks beautiful and is nice to the touch. All looks with no substance. The flavors were just not there. If some attention was paid to the bunching this would change the flavor profile and would have made the flavor more pronounced. This could be a contender. It could of been a dud although I expect a lot more for a cigar costing $12. I have a few others to try but I am not hopeful. I have $4-5 dollar cigar with much more to offer. Sorry guys I really want to love this cigar but was disappointed in the profile and construction.
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Nice review btw, sorry you didn't enjoy it.
I did also get the Dirty Rat...letting that one age for a bit though before I try it.