Cigar Review: Blue Mountain Cigars Threesome

Originally published at Tiki Bar Online

Double Toro, 6” x 60 ring gauge / ~$7.50, MSRP

This was the other cigar that Daniel Moyal from Blue Mountain Cigars gave me when he stopped by Maxamar’s a couple weeks ago. The first thing I notice is that there are actually three very distinct wrappers on this cigar. According to their website this is actually three different blends in one cigar. The first one is Honduran fillers with a Nicaraguan binder with an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper. The second one is Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers with a Dominican binder with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper. The final blend is comprised of secret fillers and binder with a Mata Fina maduro wrapper. They come in boxes of 20 and are part of their Premium Cigars line. This was the first one I smoked.

The cigar is definitely noticeable with its three distinct wrappers. I know I’ve seen double wrappers like this, but not three. The three wrappers had a good amount of oils to them. The first section was a nice golden tan in color. The second was a deep chestnut. And the third was a slightly greyish dark brown in color, which looked a little odd to me. One thing I noticed is that all three of the wrappers weren’t all rolled the same way. They were alternating with the top and bottom being rolled the same way. I don’t know if this was on purpose or just how this one turned out. Putting my nose to the wrapper brought about the aroma of hay and barnyard with a very intense aroma of barnyard coming from the foot. When I gave it a squeeze it was fairly firm to the touch without any soft spots. After clipping it and taking a cold draw on it I got notes of sugar and cinnamon with an ok draw.

It took some doing and lots of butane from my single flame torch to get the cigar lit. Once I was able to get it lit it started off with with notes of hay cream and spice. The draw was ok, but it was a little tight for my liking. The strength was on the lower end of medium range. Towards the end of the first third I started to get a sweet finish. I was kind of bored with it though as I finished with this third.

As I started into the second third the spice did start to come back. The draw continued to be a bit tight. The burn was fairly even and didn’t need any touchups. The flavors were mainly of leather and wood with a sweet finish. Unfortunately it continued to not spark my interest. The strength did build but never really got out of the medium range.

The flavors cigar got a lot more interesting as I got into the final third. The flavors changed into cinnamon, leather, cola with a slight hint of chocolate. The spice started to ramp up a lot. However I didn’t get any nicotine hit from it. The draw was still slightly tight and the burn was pretty even.

If this cigar was the third blend all the way through and a smaller ring gauge I think it would be a good cigar. However to have to get through two boring thirds to get to the final third was a chore especially in a cigar this big. For me that wouldn’t really something that would interest me to do again. I don’t know if I could tell there were three distinct blend, two yes. It is definitely something interesting to try and with a reasonable price it won’t break the bank if you decide to see how it goes for you.

Body: 7/10
Strength: 7/10
Complexity: 5/10

AFP Scale

Prelight: 2/2
Construction: 1.5/2
Flavor: 3/5
Value: 1/1
Total: 7.5/10