I received this cigar several years ago from VirtualSmitty, and it's been resting in my cooler ever since. The past couple of weeks, it's been ushering itself into my mind... seemingly working it's way to the top of my 'good smokes from good people' box... so damn it, I'm gonna smoke it, and see what the next prescient stick is!

This stick looks and feels amazing, the wrapper is a light coffee colour, with no tooth or veins. It looks almost seamless. The cap clips easily, and the pre-light draw is easy, and subtly coffee and cream flavoured.

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The very first pull on this, and I get a massive hit of saltiness. This is seemingly an initial stunner to drag me in to trying to find the different flavours in the stick... as very soon it's countered with a sweet tobacco and an almost cappuccino coffee.

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Working through the smoke, the flavours are great, and vying for control of my tastebuds. The sweet tobacco calls in some reinforcements, and it seems to intertwine with a nice leather... a very soft, gentle leather. There is a very subtle hint of cedar hiding in a corner somewhere, occasionally crying out so I know it's there.

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As I come to roughly half-way on both my walk and this cigar, the ash finally falls off... shame, I was doing so well til now! The flavours have changed around again, and the coffee is becoming a bit stronger, and the tobacco is taking a back seat. I swear the cedar flavour is convinced we're laying hide and seek, albeit badly. There's a creamy texture to the smoke, and it's very nice.

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I'm coming to the end of the walk, and the ash has only fallen off this stick once so far. I'm walking the dogs, even cigars with what I consider to be a firm ash have ashed themselves 4, maybe 5, times by now. This ash is ridiculous, strong, compact and with a great colour. There is a hint of pepper in the flavours, kind of buzzing round everything else... it's delightful!

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Yes, the ash you see there is the same ash from the half way point of my walk. OUTSTANDING! The cigar is flavourful, intriguing, mother-fuggin' tasty, and a delight to smoke.

The only problem I had was a 'roller error' in that some of the glue from the '******' band is stuck to the wrapper, and pulled a chunk off when I tried to remove it, but that didn't cause a single mishap while smoking.

Smitty, once again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to smoke this stick.
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Great review and couldn't agree more a top Cigar
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Awesome Jim, glad you enjoyed it! Pretty cool to smoke a NC with that much age to it, I can't believe that bomb was five years ago :-)
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I even had to visit pvff to figure out when it was :-)
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Awesome!! Davidoff's are my Holy Grail's. I'd have been afraid to smoke it and have it gone, but that's what the dang things are for!Color me green with envy here. Congrat's on a fine stick and excellent review.
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We showing some extreme board age Jim :-)
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You know it! I'm pretty sure the only other smoke I have left from then is one of the shaggy-footed Tabbies.... so when are you coming to the UK so we can smoke that and the last remaining Mir Ajo in existence side by side?
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If you still have one then I must move up my plans for a visit ASAP!!

And on a side note I better go make sure I don't have a meat pie left from that still in my freezer :-)
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