Raymond Pages En Cedro Dime Pack, Vol. 3

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Each sampler includes 2 each of: Antihero Unforgiven (rondo) (6.1"x48) - A dark Habano leaf - not a maduro but almost maduro looking - brimming with oils, nice tooth and texture. Cold draw features a distinct honey, bready character and notes of earth, leather, and spice. Nicely box-pressed, it burns perfectly, good draw, crisp carbon line, and firm ash you have to knock off. Starts out pleasantly with some notes of cocoa, wood, and some spice, with a slight musty earthiness and zero harshness. By the second half, the spice that is building gives way to black pepper, leather, cinnamon, and espresso. Hellas Arete (6.2"x48) - Pays homage to Homer and ancient Greece, with a complex and flavor-packed joyride of a blend. To the eye, this cigar boasts Raymond's signature brick shithouse construction - perfect level of firmness, a beautiful, dark, almost reddish-brown Habano wrapper, a lovely oily sheen and toothy texture, and perfect combustion and draw, including a firm stack-of-dimes grey-white ash that seems to hold for miles. Off the bat, there is pepper and spice with a sweet component and it's medium in strength. By the middle third of the cigar, you're taking the elevator to the top floor of Complexity HQ, as the richness and sweetness intensify. We're now in medium to full-bodied territory with a warm, satisfying feeling in the belly and the lips are tingling nicely. There's a creaminess and coffee bean component now, and the pepperiness lingers, yet remains balanced through the end. Hellas is a highly enjoyable, medium to full-bodied. Megilla MSA Kulak (rondo) (6.5"x48) - Luscious new blend that plays off the success of the original Megilla. Draped in a deep, dark, oily and alluring Mexican San Andres wrapper, this Raymond Pages-made beauty is rolled entubado style and features a triple cap. Burns beautifully, with a crisp white ash and gobs of voluminous smoke output. The Maduro wrapper is paired with Nicaraguan long fillers to deliver a potpourri of flavor including nuts, earthiness, semi-sweet cocoa, cedar and leather. Medium-plus in body, it’s complex and satisfying with a long finish. The Brand Banshee (6.1"x50) - This blend is a shining example of an authentic craft boutique cigar. Ample flavor, character and complexity without overpowering strength and body, it brings earthy tones, creaminess, bread, and a unique, subtle underlying spicy-sweetness. The Brand remains smooth and balanced but builds in strength somewhat as it burns, developing a pronounced coffee bean note. Beautifully constructed, its gorgeous dark brown wrapper is a Habano Ecuador, Cuban-seed Nicaraguan long-fillers from Esteli and Condega together with Dominican Piloto Cubano tobaccos. Hoofty Hog h.1 (5.5"x50) - Fuller in body than the Original.... more medium to full overall but with ample spice and notes of black pepper up front that absolutely coat the palate. The Ecuadorian Habano Maduro wrapper is a dark, matte brown color with a mottled and toothy look, and is paired with a Sumatra Ecuadorian binder and long-filler recipe of Estelí and Jalapa fillers from Nicaragua. Dense, meaty and well-constructed, it builds in both complexity and strength as it burns, yet stops short of full-tilt, full-bodied strength. This heady concoction offers notes of toast, espresso, leather, nuts, and earth, with a pepper-forward profile balanced with a slight sweetness. Overall a rich and satisfying blend for maduro lovers.