Appearance
A beautiful, dark Ecuadoran Oscuro wrapper with a couple of thin veins and tight seams. There is a bit of tooth and a nice oily sheen on the wrapper as well. The filler bunch is well packed with no apparent soft spots.
Aroma
Earth, cedar, sweetness and spice on the wrapper. Cedar, earth and spice at the foot.
Prelight Draw
Earthy, cedar, molasses and spice.
1st
The initial draws bring notes of cedar with some earth and spice with a sweetness in the background. There is a dirty flavor developing in the back of the palate which is generally associated with black pepper spice notes. The draw is a bit snug and smoke production is in the low range. The black pepper is gaining prominence at the 1” mark. The ash is a salt&pepper gray and stacked. The burn has a slight wave. Nearing the end of the 1st/3rd and the molasses is beginning to balance the black pepper notes. The ash holds albeit looking suspect till removal.
2nd
The draw has opened up nicely and with it the smoke production increases to upper end of medium range.
Crushed red pepper spice notes join the well balanced profile. The finish is long with notes of cedar, earth, molasses and a black pepper & crushed red pepper spice combo. The black pepper tapers back a bit allowing the crushed red pepper to take the lead in the spice department.
Final/3rd
The black pepper comes back into balance with the crushed red pepper. A half inch into the final/3rd the spice becomes more like a Jalapeño pepper and black pepper spice. The balanced and flavorful profile continues to the nub.
Overall
The Punch Diablo Scamp Toro provides a very enjoyable smoking experience. A well balanced and flavorful profile with a great draw(2nd & final/3rd) and near perfect burn.
Just to be clear this is not a collaboration smoke. Punch gave AJ a license to blend, manufacture and distribute this Punch cigar as well as to use his creativity on the band.
Well done AJ @AJFcigars
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