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04-10-2011, 01:25 AM | #1 |
Postwhore
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Nica Libre diplomatico
The Nica Libre brand is a creation of A.J. Fernandez and the brand is compared to Padron a lot. I see praises everywhere, but the Nica Libre torpedo I smoked before didn't do anything for me. People kept telling me to give the brand another try, so I lit the 7x50 Nica Libre Diplomatico.
The wrapper is dry and has a chocolate color. It looks leathery and mild oily with not a lot of veins. The cigar is a bit box pressed and I feel some soft spots in the construction. The predraw is fine and I taste raisin and dry tobacco. I taste coffee and after half an inch I also taste some wood. The coffee disappears and now I taste an earthy flavor with herbs and wood. After a third I taste musty wood and some puffs later some cheap amd mild chocolate. The musty feel of the flavors disappears. The chocolate slowly gets stronger and after two thirds I taste some nuts. After that the flavors turn into wood with a little bit of nuts and at the end a high dose of herbs and pepper. This cigar lasted me for two whole hours. I got a lot of medium thick smoke. The draw is good. The light gray ash is reasonably firm. The burn is good, although I had to correct it a few times. This cigar is full flavored and medium to full bodied. Would I buy this cigar again? Nah, I prefer other A.J. Fernandez blends Appearance: 8 / 10 Construction: 7 / 10 Draw: 8 / 10 Burn: 7 / 10 Smoke & ash: 7 / 10 Aroma first part: 7 / 10 Aroma second part: 6 / 10 Aroma third part: 7 / 10
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04-10-2011, 10:54 AM | #4 |
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Re: Nica Libre diplomatico
For the price, these are damn fine sticks.
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04-10-2011, 11:13 AM | #5 |
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Re: Nica Libre diplomatico
So far these are the best budget med+ cigar I've tried.
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04-10-2011, 11:29 AM | #7 |
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Re: Nica Libre diplomatico
I'm with you Ferd!!
These just don't do it for me. Any that I get I give to my brother-in-law. He loves them. He has bad taste though, he married my sister!
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