I picked up one of the beautiful cigars a few weeks ago and finally got a chance to try it. I love the unique shape and the burgundy/lilac colored label. It had a velvety, tawny brown wrapper with some small veins. The construction on this cigar was really excellent. I lit the little nipple on the end and started enjoying the smoke. Of course the draw was tight at first, until it burned past the “nipple” and got to a decent diameter. It soon opened up and burned very evenly. There was always tons of smoke present, throughout the whole length. This cigar has a medium strength, with lots of aromatic smoke! I didn’t detect any real spiciness, just a toasty, semi-sweet smoke with maybe some tones of chocolate or cocoa.
I started off drinking some 18 year old Glenfiddich neat, but ended up finishing the second half of the cigar with a bottle of Fat Tire, although my drink didn’t seem to affect the flavor much. This Avo produced a dark grey ash, which held on to about 1 1/2 inches. It kind of reminded me of a cross between a Romeo Y Julieta and a Padron, which is a good thing for me. I like both of those cigars! Towards the end, I felt there was a note of citrus, maybe orange?
Overall, a quality smoke with a mild-to-medium flavor, and not much spice. This cigar had great construction and burned flawlessly, but I would be hard pressed to spend another $12 on one. Maybe if I got a good deal on-line and could buy a few for $7 or so.
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