This 5.5×52 stick features a dark chocolate wrapper with a soft, buttery satin feel, minimal veins, tight invisible seams, a partial box press, even pack with slight spongy give, a rich oily chocolate and tobacco aroma and a little bit of a shaggy foot. This is the 3rd of 4 installments of Smoke Inn 15th anniversary series microblends. First light reveals a perfect draw with rich thick full bodied flavors of leather, pepper, chocolate, tobacco and an oily pepper finish. The first third comes down to a medium-full body with a good bit of strength kick to boot. Flavors are very silky smooth and oily with chocolate, cocoa, an aged tobacco and touch of pepper. The finish is growing shorter with just a slight oily tobacco and pepper zing. 25 minutes in the 2nd third progresses with a deep earth on the retrohale with creamy chocolate and cocoa flavors on the draw, with a good bit of pepper zing through the finish. 45 minutes in at the end of the 2nd third, flavors shift to a strong coffe flavor while retaining the smooth tobacco and hints of chocolate. The burn evened out to almost razor sharp and the draw is perfect. Ending with an inch left where it got VERY hot, the last bit showed no further changes.
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Top cigar is the wrapper from the Avion and the bottom is the El Hijo.
Agree with Brian's prelight assessment up to the prelight draw. It is floral almost fruity. First draw is airy and light on the shaggy part. Working into the wrapper smoke it firms up. Woody leather characteristics with the floral note in the nose and the pepper bite. Oak, leather, tobacco, a good bite, and finish is oily. About an inch in the chocolate comes to play. Second third the richness is evident and retrohale showing a bit of syrupy thickness, almost sweet flavor in the very back of the throat. I am picking up the earthiness and a powdered cocoa Brian described. Leather, cocoa, although I do note some nutty flavors of almond. Burn is perfect. Moving into the final third I do note a coffee richness.
The differences are minimal and can be from what points in the cigar the user takes their impression from, but I would agree with Brian's impressions on the stick. It is a must buy for me and a box is now on order for aging. My only hope is this becomes a regular production smoke. It is good gentlemen and it will be a great addition to any humidor.