Cuban Crafters, Don Kiki Green Label Dbl Corona,
Construction: Well made. Slightly veiny, but had a nice slight sheen. Perfect crown. Wrapped to perfect tightness- felt great in my hands. This cigar had a strong and wonderful leathery aroma under the nose, totally unexpected from a buck-fifty cigar 4
Lighting: Crown cut perfectly and cleanly. Lit quickly and smoothly. Burned evenly and developed a very expensive looking 1 inch white ash- lovely against the medium-dark brown wrapper. A perfect draw added to the nice smoking pleasure of this cigar, which burned evenly all the way down. 5
Flavor: Cuban crafters list the Don Kiki Green Label cigars as “Mild”. Maybe for a Nicaraguan, but I would say it’s on the medium side if, for no other reason, it is very flavorful. It started spicy and leathery (why does it seem to me that all good cigars start spicy?), then added nutty flavors. These flavors remained consistent throughout the smoke. 4
Comments: I was sorely tempted to give this cigar a 5 for flavor but, though the flavors were very nice, a little more complexity would have put it over the top. This was my first Cuban Crafters, and I am seriously looking forward to all the others I have recently added to my humidor.
Overall: 89
Value Rating: 89-1= 88
Recommendation: Well Recommended
Joe Average
2 comments:
I have heard pretty good things on the Brown label. I also hear rest really helps these. I would like to see what you think in a couple months.
I've heard that, as well. Unfortunately, I didn't buy enough to keep that long. In order to rate enough cigars to be meaningful, I have to buy variety, but in small quantity (too expensive to buy dozens of boxes/bundles.) I'm going to be rating the Brown Label in a couple days, so we'll see what it's like without aging. If it's good, maybe I'll buy a box and let them sit in the humidor awhile, then rate it again.
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