Finish (?)

[Da Klugs]

My long held interpretation of finish is the "experience" after exhale. Some cigars have a long slow comedown from the flavor peak experienced from a single draw of the cigar. These I describe as having a "long finish". Cigars that "coat" the palate tend towards the long finish.

In the opposite extreme there are cigars that immediately after the exhale the flavor experience drops off / disappears. Generally describe these as having a short finish.

Aftertaste is probably a large component of my definition. If you continue your contemplation of the intricacies of the flavors of a cigar for a period of time after the exhale... to me it has the characteristics of a long finish. If those flavors disappear from your palate almost immediately upon exhale... short finish.

It's in the extremes that I notice the topic and comment. Most cigars are middle ground. Some have characteristics that fall outside of the norm and bring to mind the topic and cause the comment on short or long finish.

[akumushi]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

My long held interpretation of finish is the "experience" after exhale. Some cigars have a long slow comedown from the flavor peak experienced from a single draw of the cigar. These I describe as having a "long finish". Cigars that "coat" the palate tend towards the long finish.

In the opposite extreme there are cigars that immediately after the exhale the flavor experience drops off / disappears. Generally describe these as having a short finish.

Aftertaste is probably a large component of my definition. If you continue your contemplation of the intricacies of the flavors of a cigar for a period of time after the exhale... to me it has the characteristics of a long finish. If those flavors disappear from your palate almost immediately upon exhale... short finish.

It's in the extremes that I notice the topic and comment. Most cigars are middle ground. Some have characteristics that fall outside of the norm and bring to mind the topic and cause the comment on short or long finish.

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If I need to talk about the flavor in the last few puffs of a cigar at the nub, I use the word "finale" so as not to confuse it with finish.