nic templeton

Cigar: A. Turrent 2000 Robusto
Size: 5" x 54 (square pressed, Padron like)
Wrapper: Criollo San Andres
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Selected Blend of San Andres long filler tobaccos
Flavor Strength: Medium
NicotineStength: Medium
Vendor/Price: Local B&M ($60/box of 20 from JR Cigars)
Date: 2006-04-15
Beverage(s): American Amber Ale (homebrew)
Smoke time: 60 min
Date: 2006-04-15
Overall score: 4.0/5.0

Hype:

Five Generations of Pride, Passion and Commitment to Excellence summed
up in one extraordinary cigar. Introducing the New A. Turrent. The cigar
Industry’s oldest family celebrates 125 years of heritage with their
crowning achievement.

Overall:

Like many, ever since Steve Saka's article in Cigar Magazine about
Mexican tobacco, I've been curious about this brand, but couldn't muster
the courage to buy a box blind.

A very rustic looking cigar, reminds me of a Padron x000 in natural.
The construction was great. The draw was easy with large clouds of
smoke. Prelight reminded me of young Nicaraguan tobacco, earthy and
slightly sour. I suspect this is mostly from the Criollo wrapper.

This robusto has a good draw but opens with a sour note that eventually
mellows to nut, citrus (oranges, specifically), and mild spice flavors,
some vegetal/grassy every so often, but not detrimental. This is most
likely not a Hutch friendly cigar, the sour notes where previlent. The
mexican flavors showed up about half way, but with a decent earthy tasty
profile, and moderately sweet finish. A very different kind of mexican
cigar. It has a short finish.

I've left off the (now traditional) 1/3, 2/3, and 3/3 sections, as this
cigar changed very little. Some may consider this a bad thing, but
there are times that I really like a cigar that stays consistant. There
were only 2 changes at the very end.

At around the last third, the ash started getting a little flakey, and
the citrus started to pickup, other then that, it was very consistant in
flavor. Towards the last 3/4", the citrus really got strong causing me
to toss it.

FWIW, easily the best Mexican cigar I've had. This is a good change of
pase from my mostly heavy bodied, spice-bombs that I generally smoke.
I'm considering a box of churchhills for computer gaming nights.

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Nic Templeton - Seattle WA
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