I was excited to have this stick. I have had several of theDon Pepin Cuban Classic Perla (1952) size and though they were excellent, however they unfortunately, have been a little hit and miss over the past few months.
This stick was very well made. The wrapper is a beautiful reddish brown color and was firm to the touch. Don Pepin is known for making very well crafted cigars and this line was no different. It was also finished with a very neatly put together 3 seam cap.
Pre-lite- I took a cold draw and got some light tobacco flavors, maybe a touch of very mild coffee notes and some cereal flavors.
Upon touching my torch to this stick I was expecting a blast of white pepper, like many of Pepin sticks, but was pleasantly surprised with mild tobacco flavors and some ceder notes. the burn started a little jagged but corrected itself, but than turned jagged again and did this throughout the entire smoke.
Once it really got going about 3/4 of an inch in I noticed a very pleasant aroma and kept thinking this taste just like a cafe con lech with a bit too much leche in it. the tobacco and coffee notes were there but were very muted and undefined. It seemed like someone just put too much leche in my cigar. The draw started perfect and stayed perfect, requiring a nice little tug to get the smoke though. One of my biggest pet peeves, it a cigar that doesn't draw properly. You could be smoking the best cigar in the world, but it really doesn't matter if it doesn't draw properly because you would never be able to get the smoke to taste it.
A little bit past the mid point I finally got that Pepin white pepper blast in the back of my throat, which to be honest I'm not very fond of. I don't like spicy cigars, I find spice hurts my review of a cigar more than I would like to admit.
The ash was very nice, light grey in color and kind of loose but stayed until about 1.5 inches, which is fine in my book.
The finish was very spicy and had a lemon pepper quality to it with some mixed cedar flavors mixed in.
Overall it was an ok smoke, I wish that the original flavors would have stayed a bit longer, but i was expecting a typical Pepin spice at some point. (by the way if you are like me and dont like alot of spice in a cigar, try Don Pepin's JJ-its fantastic!).
I will say that this robusto was a pretty smoke, the stick, the label the ask they all looked good together. This would be a fine stick for a BBQ or a company picnic.
Price-$7.20
Burn-jagged, than ok, than jagged, etc
Buy again? doubtful.
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