Country: Ecuador
Wrapper: Ecudorian Grown Cameroon
Filler: Long Filler
Size: Torpedo
(for a detailed description of the points system I use please click here.)
Appearance and Construction – 9/10
It is a very pretty cigar. It has a smooth leathery brown wrapper that is nicely applied. It has small viens throughout. The cigar is firm and well filled. The head clips cleanly and it has a good prelight draw. The foot and head reveal nicely packed filler with no visible rib veins.
Flavor – 14/20
It produces lots of creamy smoke with flavors of nuts and spice. It has a slight nite on the finish. It is a medium to full bodies smoke. Reminded me a bit of an ERDM Robusto Larga Oscuro. Not very complex but good flavor and very enjoyable. This is definitely not a dog rocket. I enjoyed this cigar.
Smoking Characteristics – 4/10
It has a nice buzz factor, but not over powering. I had a consistent burn problem with it. The wrapper seemed to be flame retardant on one side. The burn continually went crooked on the same side requiring several manual corrections. The ash wasn’t great either. It kept cleaving around the edges curling outward.
Price – 3/5
This was a freebie from the NC Summer smoker. I believe these will retail around $6 a piece. I think these would be more attractive around $4 each. There are too many $6 cigars I’d rather spend my money on first.
Conclusion
This was an enjoyable cigar with good flavor and body. I really did enjoy it from a flavor standpoint. Hopefully the burn issues and ash were a fluke. I wouldn’t mind trying one or two more to see if the burn turns out to be any better. If so it would rate a higher score for me.
The Math
30\4.5 = 6.66 * 10 = 66.6
(P.S Sorry I accidentally posted this under the Camacho link when it was meant for this one)
Hey, My name is Max. I have smoked a lot of those Lucky 8 even before they were launched in the US. (They were originally launched in China, hence the chinesy names) They are a very upmakret cigar in China retailing much higher than the Cubans in china. Compared to those cubans, they are higher quality contruction and the tobacco is better. The Cubans typcially have udneraged un fermetned chemical ridden tobacco.
I have also occasionally experience the burning problem on a few of them so it is not a 1 time fluke, but an occasional one. I usually smoke very heavy cigars and found this blend to be one of my favorite lighter to medium blends when I want a break from heavy cigars.
Nice site by the way….