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Wrapper: Connecticut Shade

Binder: Dominican

Filler: Dominican

Pre-Light: As I took this cigar out of the cellophane, the first thing I noticed was how incredibly light the wrapper was. I don’t smoke many Connecticut wrapped cigars, so I knew I was in for something a little different when I pulled this one out of the humidor. Diamond Crown’s name is synonymous with luxury, and a high end cigar smoking experience. I guess its time to see if the name lives up to the expectations! I cut this cigar with my Palio cutter, and lit it up with my Lotus 21 dual flame lighter, which, by now, most of you should know, is my go to stuff when it comes to lighting and cutting a cigar. Let’s get on to the important part of the cigar!

1/3: As I started in on this cigar, the first thing I noticed was that the ash had a slight flaky feeling to it. It wasn’t as solid as most cigars, which concerned me just a little bit, but not enough to stop me from enjoying the flavors. Upon the first few puffs, I was getting some nice mellow spiciness, followed by a hint of sweetness. The smoke was billowing nicely, and the draw was pretty decent on this stick.

2/3: The spiciness has now mellowed out a bit, and the ash is still being flaky, but its nothing I can’t deal with. The burn is fairly straight, which is saying a lot, since its windy outside where I am smoking this one! The tastes remain about the same. The spiciness calms down a little bit, and the sweetness takes over for a few minutes, but both flavors are both still there, and I can definetly taste them both. So far, an enjoyable smoke!

3/3: As I finished up this cigar, the spice came back full force, and the sweetness faded away into the background. The burn at this point is still fairly straight, even given the windy conditions, and the smoke is still billowing nicely, with a nice draw coming from the cigar. I put this one down with about ½” left on it, simply because I didn’t want to burn myself.

Overall Impression: I enjoyed this cigar, but I don’t know if I would ever buy one, or a box, given the price point. With the name of Diamond Crown on the box, you know its expensive. The Diamond Crown website flaunts that its aged for 5 years, made with various tobaccos, but in all honesty, I was fairly underwhelmed with this cigar. There were a couple of different flavors there, but for what I know this cigar costs, it should be a lot more flavorful, and a lot more complex. As far as strength goes, I give this a 9 out of 20. It was really mild, but well built. As far as complexity, I would have to give this probably a 5 or 6 out of 20. There was no complexity in this cigar. The only thing complex about it was the fact that I managed to get more than one flavor out of it. It just wasn’t a “WOW” cigar. I don’t think I’ll be running out to buy a box anytime soon, but I wouldn’t turn one down either, if given one.

Smoke em if you got em, buy em if you don’t!
Scott