Maria Mancini Magic Mountain Maduro

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Origin: Honduras
Length: 6.00
Ring: 54
Strength: Medium
Wrapper Color: Dark Brown
Wrapper Type: Costa Rica
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Nicaragua
Shape: Pyramid Square Pressed
Duration: 70 minutes
Beverage: Diet Pepsi

Construction: This has a milk chocolate wrapper. It was very appealing to the eye. It was smooth with a few noticable veins.

Burn: The burn was excellent. It required one minor touch-up. It first ashed at 1 inch, then about every 1/2 - 3/4 inch after that. This cigar burned pretty slow.

Smoke: This cigar gave off a ton of thick smoke.

Flavor
1st Third:
Very leathery, dry taste filled my mouth. Not complex at all. Wondering how I'm gonna finish this stick. Not digging it at all.

2nd Third:
Leathery taste begins to fade and a faint hint of light cocoa hits my palate. Not overwhelming, but enough to knock the dry, leathery taste away.

Last Third:
Cocoa becomes more prevelant and the leather taste is gone. Reminds me of a dark chocolate Hersey bar. Hints of sweet and bitter blend very nicely.

Conclusion: I didn't expect much from this value maduro. It surprised me. I try hard not to compare value maduros to one of my favorite value sticks...Tampa Sweetheart #500s. After the initial push, this stick turned out to be not bad at all. I would definetly call this a mild cigar...more mild than I perfer my maduros. A great value stick and very affordable. I would burn this stick while cutting the grass, but not sitting down to enjoy a stick for the evening.
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Thanks for the review Mac. That is quite the name.
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Thanks for the review, i really enjoy those!
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Excellent review!!!

With a name like Maria Mancini Magic Mountain Maduro, I would have high expectations!!!

Thanks Mac!!!:-)
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MM's can be a great smoke with age....lot's of age.
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I smoked a bunch of MMMMs back in the day, but moved on - not because I didn't like them, I just moved on. I traded my last sampler to big a (Andrew) a while back because he was actually looking for them, and I wasn't planning on smoking them anytime soon myself.

Nice review of a nice cheap cigar.
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i believe Big A got wood for them from me.

Kel, im glad you enjoyed it a little bit, if i steered you wrogn i'll gladly buy the rest off of you.
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That is correct, I got my first one from Bob and havn't looked back. Great review and :-) for a great cigar.
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It is a great review and a good quality smoke for an inexpensive cigar. I have a few left in my humi!
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I've got a few MM's with a couple years on them if anyone wants to check one out.
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Nice looking stick as well.
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Confirmed, certified, validated and dedicated Maria Mancini whore.

:-)
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Ill admit the ridiculous name of the cigar sparked my interest in reading this review.

Good review. I support anyone who writes a review on a value/bundle/cheap-o cigar.
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I'll trade for one:-)
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I have a 10 pack of these with some age 5 years or so and I really liked them they are not a powerhouse and can't stand up to a stout but are quite good.
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Great review; the final third of the smoke sounded great
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then how about you buy me a fiver... I'l lsmoke them down to about 1/3... and send them to you so you can enjoy the pinnacle of the cigar? lol
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Dude, you think I want to put my mouth on your cigar, after lookin' at the smurf profile pic!!!
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Nice review.. MM's are great with age on them, in my experience. I really need to pick up a box to age...
Scott
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what?
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