5 Vegas Cask Strength: Cigar Review

Rating: 83Type: ToroName: Cask StrengthRing Gauge: 54Length: 5 3/4″Wrapper: Cuban Seed Dominica…

Written on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Rating: 83
Type: Toro
Name: Cask Strength
Ring Gauge: 54
Length: 5 3/4"
Wrapper: Cuban Seed Dominican
Binder: Corojo Dominican
Filler: Brazilian, Dominican Corojo, Pilato Cubano, Nicaraguan, all 1999
Retail: $6.00 (online)
Retail prices shown here are per cigar at a bricks and mortar retailer unless noted otherwise.
Review Date: May 16, 2007

Comments: This would have been a great medium to full bodied cigar... if it hadn't been so much work! Upon removing the cellophane, I was presented with a wonderful earthy bouquet and an attractive natural wrapper, rugged, veiny in appearance with a nice oily sheen. The construction had a tight feel to it, and once lit, I found that I had a difficult time drawing any where near the volume of smoke I would have liked. I aerated the cigar several times throughout, and was thus able to at least salvage an otherwise good cigar. The flavor was what kept me going, a very nice white peppered cedar with a nutty undertone that maintained well right down to the nub. This cigar's burn was somewhat uneven but self-correcting, producing a medium gray, crunchy ash with a white ash center. Interesting... I'll try this one again. Only 3000 boxes of these were made.

History: (From Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars, 2006) Not Listed. Handmade in the Dominican Republic.

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