Originally published at Tiki Bar Online
Torpedo, 6″ x 52 ring gauge / $8.75, MSRP
Today’s cigar is the last of this series of three cigars. Again Eddie was generous enough to send me this along with all of the other ones. This is the first non-parejo shaped cigar in the series so far. It is comprised of Nicaraguan fillers and binders with a Nicaraguan Habano Oscuro wrapper.
The wrapper on this cigar is a lightish brown in color. I didn’t know it was an oscuro when I smoked it and wouldn’t have known unless I asked Eddie. The wrapper was velvety to the touch and I really couldn’t feel the medium-ish veins I could see. There were a good amount of oils and tooth to the wrapper as well. However running almost the entire bottom third was a “scar” in the wrapper. It didn’t affect the construction so it was some sort of water mark or something. Putting my nose to the wrapper I got a light leather aroma with the light aroma of barnyard coming from the foot. When I gave the cigar a squeeze I got a slight amount of give but no soft spots. After clipping it and taking a cold draw on it I noted flavors of cinnamon & basil with a good draw.
The cigar started off with a light amount of black pepper spice on the retrohale. After a few puffs I started to get tastes of leather, black coffee with hints of green herbs with a slightly sweet and creamy finish. The draw was perfect and it produced a large volume of smoke. The burn was very slightly uneven but nothing major. I would classify this in the medium range to start.
As I moved into the second third the spice moved from the retrohale to the tip of the tongue. The flavors changed to cinnamon, leather, sweet tobacco and earth. The draw continued to be be perfect and the burn was nice and sharp. The cigar was still medium bodied.
The flavors of the final third were mainly of tobacco, leather and earth with a hint of cinnamon. The spice came back on the retrohale a bit and pushed the cigar into the upper end of medium. I didn’t get a nicotine hit from this cigar either. The construction was spot on until the end.
While there wasn’t anything bad or wrong with this cigar, it just didn’t do much for me. I wouldn’t say I was bored with it though. I do think that those looking for a lower strength cigar in Eddie’s Wild Bunch line this and the Island Jim are good choices.
Body: 6/10
Strength: 7/10
Complexity: 6/10
AFP Scale
Prelight: 1.5/2
Construction: 2/2
Flavor: 3.5/5
Value: 1/1
Total: 8/10
