Cigar Aficionado is absolutely crazy

[Footbag]

For me, it's more about finding a word to describe the flavor as opposed to finding a flavor that can be described.

and they taste like you would imagine pencil lead and tire rubber tasting

I have detected tire rubber in a few smokes. I usually like DPG/PJ smokes, but the La Riqueza's have a bit of burnt rubber flavor to my palate. In looking at reviews and descriptions, I notice many describe it as burnt Hickory wood.

I believe that my burn tire rubber = others burnt Hickory. Just goes to show you how important it is to have a wide open vocabulary when describing flavors.