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Island (The other ones) Reviews>'08 Opus X BBMF Natural
md4958 07:27 PM 02-07-2011
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I've been fortunate enough to receive two of these, by different BOTLS (yet hadnt smoked either). This particular one was gifted to me by Tim (TRicker) back in December, in honor of my daughters birth. The condition was we would smoke them together after she was born (he would smoke the Maduro).

After, what has already been a long winter, we finally decided to light these up yesterday at a B&M nearby, that I rarely frequent.

The presentation on this cigar is beautiful. It is presented in it's own individual coffin, with the two beautiful Opus bands (probably one of the prettiest NC bands).

Pre-draw was easy, and had hints of raisin, with an almost overwhelming spice. I really dont care for spicy cigars, and was really expecting to be disappointed in this rare cigar.

The cigar lit easily, however once past the "nipple" the cigar had problems staying lit. I had to constantly touch-up and re-light, which was a minor nuisance. A half inch into the the cigar the burn evened out and it really opened up creating a huge volume of thick, chewy, smoke-ring-smoke.

While I was expecting to be overwhelmed by spice, I was amazed at how smooth this cigar was. Im not very adept on picking out flavors in burning cigars, but creamy would better describe this cigar than spicy. I was able to nose exhale this entire cigar without fear of burning out my sinuses. In the end this probably ended up close to a 2 hour cigar.

Thanks Tim for a wonderful smoking experience!:-)
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Nathan King 07:44 PM 02-07-2011
It sounds like you had a pleasant experience with the Opus. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!
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kelmac07 07:47 PM 02-07-2011
Sounds yummy!! Tim got the maduro..lucky Tim!! :-)
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icehog3 08:01 PM 02-07-2011
Nice review, Moe, good to hear about this one. :-)
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md4958 08:10 PM 02-07-2011
Originally Posted by kelmac07:
Sounds yummy!! Tim got the maduro..lucky Tim!! :-)
Actually, he didnt seem to enjoy his all that much... he kept eying my natural!
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hscmit 08:34 PM 02-07-2011
sounds like it was pretty good
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smokinpeace 07:38 AM 02-08-2011
By all accounts, they are just an Opus. Hard to justify the price given they are not that different. That said, I would probably buy one just to experience it. So I guess Fuente's marketing gets me once again.
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BSB 09:57 AM 02-08-2011
Originally Posted by md4958:
Actually, he didnt seem to enjoy his all that much... he kept eying my natural!
Opus envy :-)
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Nathan King 11:26 AM 02-08-2011
Originally Posted by smokinpeace:
By all accounts, they are just an Opus...
Just an Opus!?!? Fine by me. :-)
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BSB 05:38 PM 02-08-2011
How about a REAL PRETTY Opus? :-)
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Ranger_B 06:50 PM 02-08-2011
Sounds like a great smoke. A great way to celebrate.
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BlackIrish 10:10 AM 02-09-2011
:-)
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smokinpeace 11:39 AM 02-09-2011
Originally Posted by Nathan King:
Just an Opus!?!? Fine by me. :-)
Don't get me wrong, I love Opus. As a matter of fact I would love all FIVE opus that I could smoke for the same amount of money. Now a BBMF maduro, that might be another story.
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