The Studio Tobac sampler contains a 4½x64 Nub San Andreas maduro. Now you might think "what's new, we already know a nub maduro". Well, what's new is the wrapper. The regular Nub maduro has a Connecticut broadleaf Brazilian wrapper and this cigar is wrapped in a Mexican San Andreas maduro wrapper.

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The wrapper is very dark, almost black even. The wrapper looks dry and leathery with a few veins. It looks a bit sloppy wrapped. The construction feels good. I smell a strong and bit acidic straw. The predraw is fine and I taste some raisin.

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I taste wood, soil and coffee, the flavors are well balanced, and I taste some dark chocolate on the background. The chocolate becomes stronger and a little pepper is added. Wood is still the main flavor though. The coffee and soil have disappeared. The soil returns quickly though, a bit muddy this time and only in the aftertaste.

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After a third I taste some honey with citrus and wood. Halfway I taste wood again with some herbs. The citrus and honey are gone. After two thirds I taste a sweet nut flavor with some herbs. The sweetness loses most of its flavor quickly though.

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This cigar has a smoke time of an hour and forty minutes. The draw is great. The smoke starts out really thin and only gets a little bit better, but the light colored ash is coarse but firm and the firmness of the ash prevents me from giving the 'smoke & ash' a grade lower than 7/10. Unfortunately I can't do a nub stand, as the ash isn't even and the cigar won't stand up straight. The burn is fantastic. This cigar is full flavored and full bodied.

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Would I buy this cigar again? I am not a nub fan, but I loved this one, just like the barberpole. One of the Nubs I love needs to become a regular production cigar.

Appearance: 8 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 8 / 10
Burn: 8 / 10
Smoke & ash: 7 / 10
Aroma first part: 8 / 10
Aroma second part: 8 / 10
Aroma third part: 8 / 10
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Thanks for the review brother.
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Another maduro to lookout for. :-)
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mexi maduro is usually pretty good.
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Yummy, thanks for the great review!
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I really enjoy the NUB products, and the maduros in particular. They all have pretty thin smoke but, on balance, I'd sacrifice the aesthetics of milky smoke for the aesthetics of flavor every day of the week. Nice writeup.
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Great review
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Thanks for the review. I have one of those sitting in the studio tobac sampler sitting in my humidor. I am thinking i want to age it for a while before i light it up. The cigar sounds great. Good review and i cant wait to try it.
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