Cigar Review: Habanos Puros Sun Grown Torpedo

Now for a little foray into the world of cheap cigars…no, this doesn’t mean bad cigars. The Habanos Puros Sun Grown Torpedo is not a cigar one hears about often, but for its price it’s one people should be hearing about more.

Size: 7×48 Wrapper: Sun Grown Corojo

Appearance: This isn’t a bad looking cigar, but it’s not a great looking cigar. It’s middle-of-the-road. The bright yellow band gives it a flashy look, but otherwise it’s ‘eh’. The wrapper was solid with some thick veins and a few blemishes. The cap was nicely done for a torpedo, though not perfect.

Taste: I have to say this cigar had me swaying back and forth. Let me explain… Upon lighting, I was greeted with a nice leathery flavor with sweet, floral notes. Sounds good, right? It was…but then there’s this tannic aftertaste that starts to settle in the back of your throat. So, when I was puffing away on the cool, sweet smoke, I was all about it; but, then when I wasn’t puffing on it…not so much. Aftertaste aside, this smoke stayed pretty consistent with the flavors with the floral notes eventually changing into a grassy, hay-like flavor. Toward the end, the leather picked up and drowned out the rest of the flavors.

Aroma: I must say that before lighting, I’ve never smelled a wrapper that smelled so much like pure bitter, dark chocolate. Never. It was almost like holding a bar of real chocolate to my nose. After lighting, the smoke had a sweet grassy scent that was very pleasant.

Construction: Okay, feeling this thing, it was solid. I mean like a brick shithouse. I was thinking “plugged” for sure. Clipping it and drawing, I got a good, solid draw to it. It tightened up a bit as the smoke burned, but it never got too tight. I was surprised. The only drawback was that this thing was hard to light. It seemed like one side of the cigar was tighter than the other because I had consistent burn problems on one side of the whole cigar; after I got the one side lit that is.

Overall: I know, I know, so far not a raving review. Well, what do you expect for a cigar that costs less than $2.00!!! Yes, you read it right. Now, this wouldn’t be an everyday smoke for me…but this would definitely be a great working-on-my-Harley cigar, or yard-gar, golfing cigar, etc. You get the point. If you’re just wanting a decent inexpensive stick because you can and your mind’s on something else…this would be a good option.

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