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Mederos Fifty 1 Robusto

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I know, its been a while since an update, but life’s been getting in the way. A few weeks on twitter, I was talking to Mederos Cigars, and he mentioned that he’d like to send me a couple samples to review, so I finally had some time to sit, smoke and enjoy. As a disclaimer, I was given these cigars, with no charge, on the premise that I would review them with an unbiased opinion.

Wrapper: Corojo from Jalapa, Nicaragua

Binder: Esteli, Nicaragua

Filler: Esteli, Nicaragua

Pre-Light: As I pulled this cigar out of my wine-a-dor, and then out of the cellophane, I ran it across my nose. As I smelled the cigar, I got nice notes of barnyard, with some pepper on the foot. As you can see by the specs, this is a Nicaraguan puro. I have yet to smoke a Nicaraguan puro that I didn’t enjoy, so I was really looking forward to this one. I clipped it with my Palio, and lit it up with my Ronson Jetlite.

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1/3: As I toasted and lit this cigar, I couldn’t help but notice the great smells I was getting off the smoke that was passing my nose.
Lots of nice pepper and leather smells, with hints of barnyard. As I took my first few puffs, I got the typical Nicaraguan pepper blast along with some nice cedar notes, and some faint barnyard and grassy flavors on the finish. The finish with each puff is fairly short, which is nice. Smoke is average in volume, which is ok with me. So far, I am glad I agreed to review this smoke.

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2/3: As I got to the next portion of this cigar, the burn started to get a little bit wavy, but I didn’t feel the need to correct it just yet. Still got more of the same cedar, spice and hay flavors I was getting in the first portion, but the spice seems to have picked up a bit. I think the cigar is tunneling just a bit, as it’s starting to get hot where I am holding it. I decided to slow down on my smoking to see if that helps with the heat issue. Still really enjoying the amount of smoke I am getting. So far, this is a very enjoyable smoke, despite the minor burn issues.

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3/3: As I finished up this cigar, I was still getting heavy spice, with hints of cedar and hay. It seems to be getting a little bit hot, so I decided to pitch it before I was completely done, but that’s just because I couldn’t really hold it well. The smoke is now billowing more than it has the last couple sections of the cigar.

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Overall Impression: Overall, this cigar was fairly straightforward, and not overly complex. The flavors of spice, cedar and hay are pleasant, and it made for a very nice smoking experience. I am going to be looking for some of these shortly. While not overly complex, the flavors in this cigar were very good, and worthy of keeping a few on hand for smoking.