Micallef

Herencia Maduro

The first few draws introduced a very bitter and charred wood type of note. However, after about half an inch, that wood tone mellowed out and blended with some mild pepper and somewhat sweet chocolate. The retro introduced almost zero flavor. The appearance was clean, the draw was smooth, and the burn stayed even - the flavor just left something to be desired.

Pepper spice with charred wood flavor. Pretty much the same throughout the smoke. Stick was splotched in color and didn't look appealing. I had a hard time keeping this one lit.

Very tight draw at the beginning. Draw improved some after running a reamer through it twice, but it was still pretty tight. Draw finally opened up halfway through first third. Nice flavor profile. Burn was bad throughout the entire session and had to be touched up a few times, but no relights were required. Wrapper started to come apart at the halfway point but corrected itself. Very long smoke time, which I equate to the very tight draw at the beginning and working to get through it. Stopped at the final third because it became too hot to enjoy anymore. Apart from the construction and burn issues this was a decent cigar to smoke. Don’t think it’ll be on my buy again list anytime soon though.