Indian Tabac Split Decision Double--#7 seed

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Here is the first of the three ITC Split Decisions. The first one up is the double.

Indian Tabac Split Decision Double
6x52
Wrapper: Habano/Connecticut
Filler: Dominican/Nicaragua


Ready and waiting...


This is the "normal" one of the trio of Split Decisions. Nice looking cigar. The wrapper is velvety to the touch, very few veins, although the wrapper appears to be bunched in places. Nice tobacco flavor on the pre liite draw....buuuuuutttt.....

Apparently, I have sticky lips..(no editorial comments, please..) When I took the cigar out of my mouth, the entire cap came off. I just took the tip off with the Palio, so I believe it was just not applied properly.

Initial draw is a little loose and we have a nice tobacco flavor with a decent amount of smoke. Ash is very loose and flaky. Getting a finish that reminds me of smoking a pipe.

At the 20 minute mark, the flavor is a nice light spice tobacco flavor. Ash is light gray and very flaky, but there is a lot of creamy smoke coming off of it. Draw is better now and the burn was a little crooked, so I touched it up. Picking up a little leather now.

40 minutes...

Burn will just not stay straight. I would say it because of the multi-wrappers, but it's not burning off the wrapper as you can see. Flavor is a bit ashy and not much of anything else. Just getting the generic leather taste. Ash is holding a little better. Picking up a little bit of spice through the nose.

As we get close to an hour in, we haven't changed much at all. This is definitely a so so smoke. Not a lot of flavor. Love the creamy smoke it puts out, but the burn and lack of any real flavor is disappointing.

Hold on!! Picked up a little coffee flavor and a very strong coffee aroma on exhale. Too bad we are close to the end. Have discovered a very soft spot near the head..could be an underfilled spot and maybe this contributes to the uneven burn throughout?

Chucked here at 63 minutes.

Never picked up any flavor for any length of time, and the burn issue caused many touch ups..about every 10 minutes or so. Here's the stats.

Appearance and Presentation: 16(20)
Lighting and Burn: 8 (15)
Construction: 23(30)
Taste: 22(35)
Overall: 69pts