Monte By Montecristo No. 2 Torpedo Habano Box of 16

I had one of these smokes at a cigar lounge in my city and was very happy with my decision. Not overly strong but surely had a taste. Turned a friend on to this stick already.

I was very disappointed with the taste of this cigar. It was a faint cedar taste that never brought in other flavors and had no complexity. Overall it is a very boring cigar. If it was a $4 dollar cigar, I would have thought that I got what I paid for, but it was not.

I usually put a new batch of cigars into my humidor for a week or so to let them settle in - usually makes a pretty good difference. But the aroma coming off of these when I opened the box was just too good to wait. What a wonderful smoke - great flavor, but not an overly strong nicotine buzz. Medium seems like a fair assessment. The burn was even with an easy, but not loose draw. The ash held on solid and I never had to re-light it. Just about perfection. Can't wait to see how they'll improve with some time in the humidor - if I can manage to stay out of them.