Review: 5 Vegas Series ‘A’ Artisan
5 Vegas Series ‘A’ Artisan (Robusto)
Size – 5 x 52
Age – 2 months
Cost – $4
Wrapper – Maduro (Costa Rica)
Construction – An excellently constructed cigar with nice heft and feel.
Burn – Slow burn that was uneven at the start and had some tunneling. Nothing terrible and no relights needed but could have been much more even. The wrapper also wound up with a small split in the last third.
Ash – Medium grey with a tight 1″ of grab. No flakes or ash mishaps.
Draw & Smoke – The draw was perfect, just a bit open which allowed a medium amount of smoke to come through the punch cut in each puff.
Flavor – The Series ‘A’ starts off with a smooth and interesting blend of wood and sweet spice flavors, punctuated by a bit of chocolate and cedar from the wrapper and the sleeve respectively. One of my difficulties in tasting cigars is picking out specific spices but I believe I got some clove or cinnamon in the aroma as well. As the cigar quickly moved into the second third, the body picked up a bit and the flavors blended together a bit better into a creamy and spicy-sweet medium to full bodied smoke with an espresso finish. The spiciness ramped up in the final third and by the time I set it down it was a solid, full bodied but not overwhelming, cigar.
Strength – Med/Full
Rating – 8/10
Value – 8/10
Drink – Water
Notes – Another very nice smoke from 5 Vegas, this one a step up in body from the Classic line. There are a lot of vitolas in this line (all beginning with the letter A, natch) and I am hoping to find a good sampler of them so I can find my favorite one. I think the wrapper really adds a lot to this cigar, which leads me to believe the smaller ring vitolas might be the best. If you have a favorite why not add a comment to this post and let us know?
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A less positive review of this stick can be found at The Box Press.
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