I really enjoyed this cigar.

It appeared a bit rough, lots of wrinkles and veins. Hard to tell if it was uniformly firm because of the small diameter, but it seemed fine. Cap was fine and pre-light draw was fine. Used a guillotine cutter. Paired with water and root beer. (and a binge-watching of Parks and Rec!)

At first the flavor was earthy-sweet, with occasional mild sweet cocoa flavor, and a very mild pepper in the aftertaste. The wrapper left a sweet earthy flavor on my lips. It was very good, and I'm not usually a person who likes earthy cigars. There was ample smoke for such a small cigar. Towards the middle of the cigar it developed a slight musty wood flavor that came and went, it sounds gross but it was good. The sweetness toned down a bit in the middle parts of the cigar but it came back in the last third or so. A saltiness came in on some puffs from the middle to the end of the cigar, not constant, just every few puffs. I didn't even know a cigar could taste salty, but it was good! Towards the end the pepper got stronger, and it played well with my root beer, giving the cigar a nice peppery earthy root beer hint sweetness for a few puffs after taking a sip of my root beer. I put down the cigar with .5" left, but if I felt like skewering it I would have, as I was still enjoying it. The cigar lasted me just over two hours, about 125 minutes.

In the first half I'd say it was medium body, in the second, medium-full. The smoke wasn't harsh at all, even when it got very short.

Despite what appeared to be a rough wrapper, it smoked great. Stayed lit despite me smoking fairly slow, ash held tight until it started to sag and I ashed it, but it wasn't super fragile or flakey like some ash gets. Didn't get bitter or tarry, which I hear is a problem with long, thin cigars sometimes.

I would definitely recommend this cigar, am going to try other vitolas and the natural wrapper, and would strongly recommend this cigar, even to someone new to cigars.

9/10