Kafie 1901 Don Fernando Maduro Toro 11/3/14

Appearance 

Chocolate brown with a slight sheen. Has a small imperfection in the wrapper right near the band on the foot side. The seems are almost invisible. Very few veins.

Aroma 

Barnyard with a slight floral note. A light coffee note as well

Prelight Draw

Citrus is the prominent flavor with some coffee coming thru also.

1st

First puffs taste of chocolate and coffee. There is this underlying citrus flavor(tangy). The ash is light gray and tight. The burn line is about perfect at 3/4" into the cigar. The draw is a tiny bit snug. The ash fell at the end of the 1st/3rd.

2nd

The 2nd starts with more chocolate with the tangy undertones. There is a spice note developing. The coffee note is still there albeit faint. The spice is becoming prominent by midway thru the 2nd and reminds of Crushed Red Pepper. Also noticing some cashew notes. Draw is now perfect as well as the burn. Just got to that imperfection in the wrapper and it split a little exposing the vein but no harm done. Spice mellows by the end of 2nd.

Final

The strength of the cigar has moved from med to the low end of full. The chocolate has mellowed allowing the coffee & cashews to be the prominent flavors at this point with the spice being a nice mellow note. Flavors meld nicely. The Kafie 1901 Don Fernando Maduro Toro gets The Chairmans BUY Signal™!! Many thanks to Gaby for the samples to review.