The Particulars

The Review

This review for the is based on the journal entry dated

Appearance & Construction (0-3):  ()

A really striking-looking cigar between the uncommon Salomon vitola and the dark chocolate wrapper with a bright white band. This Ecuadorian Maduro wrapper is super oily with some really nice tooth to it. The veins are few and thin, but also pressed in. It has a rectangular shape and strong shoulders from the box press. Seams are visible but tight with no edge lift and the cap is nice and clean. Now, take a moment to make your dick jokes because this is the big girthy one from Definition. 😅

Draw (0-3) & Burn (0-4):  () / ()

Well, with the tapered foot, I took care on lighting it and once again a small tunnel at the end of the roll had flames shooting straight out. 😅 But as expected, the draw went from tight to spot on as we burned up the taper on the foot. Also unsurprisingly, the burn starts a little unevenly from the tapered foot. The ash is a light gray with some oil crystals embedded in it and uneven striations. It falls just past the first inch, so I’ll probably be ashing this one often. By the start of the second third, the burn line has settled on to a mostly even and very crisp edge.

Flavor Profile (0-5):  ()

Immediate smack to the face from a strong pepper blast. 🥵 This will be a long smoke if that keeps up for the entirety. It’s such a strong pepper hit that it’s overwhelming the other flavors and it’s taking a little longer to identify them. But as the pepper calms, I’m picking up cocoa, baking spice, cinnamon, earth, leather, and charred oak. There’s definitely a mesquite quality from the blend as it starts to balance out. An inch in, the sweetness picks up with a citrus zest and honey flavor.

Getting into the second third, the pepper has definitely found balance and we’re getting a really nice mesquite flavor with a meaty savoriness. Full-on brisket vibes here and it’s a very rich and delightful mix at this point. This blend has found its sweet spot and it’s not bringing any new flavors, but it’s cooking. Even with all the spice flavors, it’s creamy on the finish, no harshness or bitterness, just a great peppery burn. The profile carries through to the end with no other changes, just minor adjustments in strength but a blast of flavor the whole smoke.

Overall Experience (0-5):  ()

Meaty, savory, peppery, charred—this is a great BBQ-type cigar. These well-blended profiles of mesquite BBQ always leave me craving brisket or ribs. 🤤 I’m relieved the initial pepper hit reduced so it could find balance and bring out the complexity of the blend. Even though it was a straight shooter, it was super enjoyable the entirety of the smoke and made the most of the extra-large Salomon vitola. But I dunno if “The Goods” is an accurate name because it brought “The Great.” 🔥

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Overall Score and Individual Journal Entries

While the review is based off one instance of journaling this cigar; there’s a number of reasons you can have different experiences smoking the same cigar multiple times. A blend can evolve with age (for better or worse), palates evolves, preferences change, and sometimes you just get a bad example!  This section captures the ratings from each journal entry and the related journal photo.  Below you’ll find an aggregate score based on every time the cigar has been journaled. Unless it was a gift or on-off smoke, this section will be updated every time I journal this cigar!

The Flavor Wheel

With every cigar I journal, I capture simple ratings of the basic flavor categories that I experience.  These are more generalized than what you would see in a review, but a distinct profile can still be built out.  When multiple instances of the same cigar have been journaled, the scores are averaged out in an attempt to build a reliable flavor profile based on my palate.

The values entered for the strength of each flavor range from 0 to 3.

• 0:   No flavor detected
• 1:   Mild flavor
• 2:   Medium flavor
• 3:   Strong flavor

Note: desktop / large screens will see a flavor wheel while mobile / small screens will see a bar chart.

With every cigar I journal, I capture simple ratings of the basic flavor categories that I experience.  These are more generalized than what you would see in a review, but a distinct profile can still be built out.  When multiple instances of the same cigar have been journaled, the scores are averaged out in an attempt to build a reliable flavor profile based on my palate.

The values entered for the strength of each flavor range from 0 to 3.

• 0:   No flavor detected
• 1:   Mild flavor
• 2:   Medium flavor
• 3:   Strong flavor

Note: desktop / large screens will see a flavor wheel while mobile / small screens will see a bar chart.