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I had been hearing a lot about the Marco V cigars on Twitter, from fellow cigar bloggers, as well as Marco V himself, who is on Twitter.  All the good words about this cigar had me really wanting to try one.  I sent Marc over at Marco V cigars a note, and bought 6 cigars from him.  I bought 3 of the Brazilian Grand Reserve, and 3 of the Platinum Label Grand Reserve.  I decided the first one I would write up for my readers is the Brazilian Grand Reserve, so here we go!

Filler:
Blend of three tobaccos: Esteli, Nicaraguan Ligero – Dominicano de Olor and Piloto Cubano from the Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic

Binder:
De Olor, Dominican Republic

Wrapper:
Arapiraca, Brazilian Maduro

Pre-Light: The first thing I noticed about this cigar when I took it out of the cello was that it was hefty.  Being a 5×60 stick, it had some girth to it.  My fear was that the cigar was going to be hard to draw from being so dense and heavy.  On pre-light smell, I got a lot of nice barnyard smells, with some slight peppery smells, as well as a nice leather smell.  I clipped this bad boy with my trusty Palio, and toasted/lit it with my Ronson Jetlite.

1/3:  As I started on the first third of this cigar, I was pleasantly surprised with many aspects.  The first thing I noticed was the draw was just about perfect.  Not too tight at all like I was expecting with a cigar of this heft.  It was producing MASSIVE volumes of smoke, and was burning straight and nicely.  I was getting some very slight pepper on the finish.  The predominant flavors I was getting were nice earth flavors, with some slight sweetness along with a hint of leather.  So far, I am really enjoying this smoke, and am glad I bought a few of these!

2/3:  As I continued into the 2/3 of this cigar, I was getting a lot of the same flavors of earth and leather, with slight pepper on the finish.  The smoke was still billowing nicely and the cigar was burning great.  So far, I am impressed with the construction of this cigar.  The ash is holding on nicely, and its tasting very good.  At this point, I am enjoying every aspect of this cigar.  While its not overly complex, its definitely tasty.

3/3:  As I finished up with this cigar, it did have a small construction problem down toward the head of the cigar, and cracked a touch, and the wrapper peeled up.  Out of the 3 of these cigars, this one that I photographed was the only one to have this problem.  I am going to attribute this to operator error.  I got the leather and earth flavors with a little more pepper on the finish toward the end.  It’s just as enjoyable at this point as it has been since the beginning.

Overall Impression:  Overall, for the price ( About $6-7/stick) I would say these are worth keeping a few around for something nice to smoke.  I enjoyed the smoke, and plan on picking more up now that I am out of them.  Now I am off to find a few more of these smokes to try.

Smoke Em If You Got Em, Buy Em If You Don’t!

Scott