Illusione 88 maduro

Short review on this Robusto size stick...
Had this in my Humidor for about 6 months and decided time was to give it a try. Really nice construction with a deep, dark, mottled wrapper. With the understated band, it looked like a man's cigar! Not much aroma from the untorched stick, but after cutting and lighting it up, there was a very appealing, classic cigar note present. Initial flavors were dark tobacco, bitter chocolate and unsweetened expresso. Very strong flavors with no sweetness I could detect at all. This one was for me, very different from a classic maduro flavor profile. Burn was wavy, but always self corrected and was resilient in keeping a good burn, despite a fairly stiff breeze outside. Unfortunately, the taste went quite flat around the half way point and actually became almost tasteless, except for an occasional slight bitter note. I tossed the stick at the 2/3 point. Not terrible, but for my taste, will not buy again. Just my
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