I picked this cigar up at a nice shop in Michigan City Indiana about an hour east of Chicago. It is a beautiful oily toro that weighs in at 6×50 with Nicaraguan/Dominican filler and a Dominican wrapper and binder. I gets its the name “Shaggy” from the uncommon unwrapped foot it has. It is a smooth wrapper with some small bumps and veins. The wrapper has a deep dark leather look to it. The flavor was good with notes of coffee and a little leather for sure with the draw being firm but comfortable. The burn went back and forth from being straight as can possibly be to going off some but never needed corrected and it was actually fun to watch. Why I don’t know maybe I was bored but it never stopped moving around. Once the ash got to the wrapper it was solid but ugly and lasted about an inch or a little over. I think it might have been a little over humidified. Over all this is a good smoke but I don’t know if it is worth the $8 I paid for it. When I run across some more I will pick them up so I can do a full review on them. Very interesting though so they are worth a shot. Sorry for being so short and the bad pictures. I will spend more time on it when I get to do a full review.
on Sep 24th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Ah, the tower of burn. Gotta love it!
It’s a shame you didn’t get a picture of it pre-light.
on Sep 24th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Yea as soon as I fired it up I though about that. I will make sure to get a picture when I get some more.
on Oct 1st, 2007 at 2:53 pm
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on Oct 5th, 2007 at 10:25 am
just had one of these and all i can say is WOW!
very nice and smooth
on Oct 5th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Yes it was good, I can’t wait to get a couple more.
on Jan 16th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I had just rated this cigar at my Joe Average Cigar Blog, when I came across your notes here. I found my cigar to be almost exactly as you’ve described! I was impressed with both your (and my, of course) accurate reportage!
Enjoying your site…
Joe Average
on Jan 16th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Joe, thanks for bringing this cigar back to my attention. I have to find a couple more of these! Nice review by the way.
on Oct 21st, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I just found out these are going to be discontinued…how sad.
on Oct 21st, 2008 at 7:45 pm
That is the first I have heard of this nate. Thanks for the tip. I will have to pick some up before to long.