Appearance
Nice chocolate color with fairly tight seams. Very light sheen.
Aroma
Earthy with very faint molasses on the wrapper. Molasses and earth at the foot.
Prelight Draw
Cocoa, light molasses and a hint of floral.
1st
The first few puffs bring together the cocoa, molasses and floral notes into a very pleasant albeit interesting flavor. This is not your grandfathers or great grandfathers cigar for sure! Lots of flavor! Leaves a long sweet finish on the palate. Draw is great. Burn is almost perfect. About 3/4" in there is a hint of spice. The ash is light gray and a little flaky. The spice is like Pimenton(spanish paprika) very nice.
2nd
Lots of smoke pouring off the stick between puffs. Just into the 2nd/3rd I'm tasting notes of roasted nuts. Every now and then the spice feels like there is a dash of curry powder. Late in 2nd the spice fades then comes back.
Final/3rd
The Pimenton spice is back to start the Final/3rd. Burn has been near perfect since the beginning. The draw as well. This Cubanacan Maduro is a very flavorful, well balanced cigar.
Thanks again to Spence Drake for the samples to review.
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