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A.F. Don Carlos Presidente

Initial Thoughts

First off, let me say that I've been wanting to review this cigar for pretty darn near 2 months now.  I'm sure the folks at cigarsdirect.com have been wondering if Ash and I took their stogies and ran, died from too much fantasy debauchery and actual cigar smoking or perhaps a case of the bubonic plague.  I'm here to say that no, none of those is the case... I simply have been swamped (and I mean SWAMPED) with work.  How swamped?? Well, how 'bout working half a man year (yep, 1000 hours) in just under 2 1/2 months.

Anyway... enough about me and my apparent stupidity for desiring to turn out a quality product in a compressed time frame... lets focus on this cigar :).

What can I say?  This thing is gorgeous.  No, I'm not going to compare it to its more expensive Opus X brothers; I'll just take it at face value here and say this cigar is exceptionally well constructed, with no soft spots, no blemishes that I can find.  The cigar smells very slightly sweet and perhaps a little bit "earthy," for lack of a better discriptor.  Yes, I'll work on my descriptors.

The Smoke

I use my punch cutter, no issues with the cap, and toast the foot.  The first puff rewards me with a nice, slightly sweet flavor, a little nutty.  The draw is excellent, and it produces lots of billowy white smoke.  I know, its a Fuente, should I expect anything less?  In terms of flavor and complexity, I'm gonna say this is on the milder side of medium.

At the 1/3rd point, the flavor gets a little more intense, bumping up the flavor intensity to definitely medium.  I would not however, call it full bodied, but definitely medium.  The draw and burn is excellent.

At the 2/3rd point, the flavor continues to be slightly sweet, and nutty.  The flavor continues to be what I consider to be medium bodied some earthy flavors added in to make it interesting.  The draw and burn is excellent.

And sadly, I'm done.  I was quite happy with the experience; a well made cigar with excellent flavor cigar, perfect draw and construction.

The Rating