La Gloria Cubana Serie R Maduro No. 5 Review

[Outlaw God]

$8.
5 1/2 x 54

Prelight: Espresso, sweet hay, chocolate

1st 1/3
Mild pepper to start, earthy, leathery tastes, slightly hard draw, now some bitter chocolate.
Some claim this to be the best maduro cigar in the world, I think not, having at this point in the stick muucho better cigars............

Look! I am the crack whore of maduro. I freely admit that. I am simply gonna lay it out for ya; NO oNe, I mean nO oNE, does maduro like Ernie Perez! I don't give a rats puckered sphincter who it is, nobody touches Ernie where concerns maduro.

Go get youself a La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 5 Maduro, lock the kids in the closet, turn off the phone, beat the dog and send him out to guard the gate. Sit back and savor the most incredible maduro experience that can be had.

Ernesto Perez-Carillo is the CEO of Maduro. PERIOD.

yea sure

2nd 1/3
More bitter peppery spice started going off with the earthy undertones, burnt leather flavors.
My complaint is flavor wise, its bitter and some harshness, mixed with the espresso and bitter chocolate.
Long ash just fell off in my lap, straight at least but still slightly hard draw.

Final 1/3
Well at least the pepper has not gotten worse, but the classic nutty flavor comes on when going into the last 1/3, definitely not the best maduro out there IMHO

Smoke time 1.5 hrs
Score 5.5 out of 10

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