Went to Club Mac today, and as such I like their coffee, and usually black, no sugar or milk. I find it very smooth and soothing. This is probably the first and only time during this series review that I will drink something other than water as an accompaniment. The ventilation at Club Mac is one of the best I've ever experienced in any indoor location, but today seemed under par as the thick smell of other people's cigar smoke, and burning wrappers, food wafted into my nose.
Appearance - it wasn't the best lighting at Club Mac, so the appearance wasn't too apparent. Honey brown wrapper, with very little veins. Detected no signs of flaws or improper curing.
Construction - the draw is excellent on this cigar, and has good elasticity.
Pre-light taste - very well balance of spice and sweet earth.
Initial lighting - the balance of the cigar transfers into it's combustion, although this might be attributed to a slightly congested sinus cavity and the surrounding cigar smoke invading my personal space. Earthiness is detected in the early part of the cigar, an interesting change up as this is usually present midway through and gets stronger at the head.
Aromas - couldn't smell a damn thing out of the cigar thanks to the uncanny sub par ventilation. I wonder if the girls sitting at the next table smoking Davidoffs and Acids had anything to do with the interference of my aromatic observations.
Flavours of the smoke - A great smoke in the series, very impressive composition of flavours offering complexity with yet again spice, earth, sweet tang, and towards the end some raisin essence. The coffee paired well, and brought out more earth in the smoke than expected.
Summary - I should let you know, about this particular cigar in general, as well as the next following 9. When I started this series of reviews, I wanted to do a whole single box, but had half a box left, and a whole one sitting on the side. They were purchased from the same vendor, and had the same packing date 4/20/2009 on them, so theoretically they should be the same. Although from previous observations of the wrapper and construction of each individual, not all the cigars are rolled in the same time frame for the entire box. Suffice to say, the first ten of the series came from one box, and this next ten are from a different box.
That being explained, this is an amazing smoke regardless of it's packaging origins. I particularly enjoyed this one despite the many hindrances of invasive foreign cigar smoke, and the slight nasal congestion. Coffee makes a wonderful complement to the complex flavours, and even enhances it's properties, although water to me is still the absolute apex when trying to naturally discern the cigar's inherent qualities.
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