Cigar Review - Stanza dei Sigari House Maduro Box Press

Cigar Review - Stanza dei Sigari House Maduro
Drink Pairing - Woodford Reserve and Pepsi
Sound Track - Blues
Flame Source - Match
Cut - Straight Cut
How Obtained - Purchase at Stanza dei Sigari

Appearance -
Dark wrapper with a few pronounced veins in the construction.
Hints of leather, spice and some chocolate.

First Impression -
This is the second time that I have tried this cigar, the first time was when I was at Stanza dei Sigari in Boston. The wrapper is a nice dark leather smelling maduro wrapper. This is a box pressed cigar, normally these are not my preferred smoke. There is a tight draw when I first light the Cigar, I am hoping that it eases up a little bit. The initial flavor profile of this cigar has sme spice, but is mild for a maduro. This cigar also leaves a slight bitter taste on the lips.

Not even to the half way mark and I am starting to see an uneven burn, I hope it will correct itself before I need to touch up the burn. about 1/3 of the way in I finally had to touch up the uneven burn. A few puffs later the cigar has gone out.

Half way mark -
The flavor still has not impressed me, this could be due to the fact that I have had to relight this stick twice as I got to the half way mark. The draw is still tight.

Construction - 5/10
The wrapper never split, but with uneven burn, relighting issues and a tight draw I have had much better than this cigar at a lower price point.

Ash - 1/10
The best I got was about an inch, and that was due to uneven burn. Would not stay burning long enough to even try for a decent ash.

Taste - 2/10
This is a mild maduro, there is not a lot of flavor in the cigar, some pepper notes, but the after taste is disgusting.

Number of times to relight - 6 and all after the first 1/3 of the cigar.

Conclusion -
I really hoped that letting this sit a week in my humidor would allow it to be a better cigar. I am having a hard time understanding why I actually thought this would get better and why did I buy a total of 3 of them. I am going to let my remaining one set in the humidor for a few more months and hope that it gets better.

For a $14 cigar I am not impressed with this, I have had plenty of cheaper cigars that have had better burn and draws.