Saturday, September 5, 2015

The Cigar Stop Reviews the Gurkha Widow maker

Name: Widow Maker
Origin: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Natural; Connecticut Broadleaf & Ecuador Broadleaf
Filler/Binder: Cameroon,Habano
Shape/Size: Gordo & Churchill
Strength: Medium - Full
Box/Bundle: Bundle of 20
Flavored: No
Price: Per Single Not Available – Per Box $60.00 to 79.00 U.S.D.

This one is an odd one gang, the name Widow Maker gives you the impression that this is a bad ass cigar that will send your taste bud to the morgue and keep you shaving your tongue as if it had more hair on it than a monkeys butt and I have to say the first 5 or 6 draws on this puffed up smolder stick keeps you in that train of thought, but then all of a sudden this cigar punks out like a school yard bully being confronted buy 3 of his victims. 


 
I have not seen this cigar many places and I am thinking the name is all about size and as we are not talking about porn this point is moot!
The cigar boasts that its wrapper is aged 10 years and that its fill is delicately aged for 7 and that it yields a creamy, spicy flavor backed by coffee notes, earthiness and a hint of toast and black pepper to the finish. I would agree with this but add in that you get all those in the first 5 to 6 draws and then you just have a mild shadow of its title widow maker.

I applaud their descriptive fortitude on this one as well as the name and all the tobacco aging that went into this over size thunder stick and I am very happy and appreciative to have smoke a few of these, however this is another case of the “Christmas socks” you are all excited to open up the big gift Christmas morning and when you do it’s a package of socks, you are disappointed, but they are socks and you needed them, same thing here you see the ominous fat cigar and read the name, you light it up and it doesn't live up to its name or description, but it’s a cigar and you still smoke it, because you like cigars and have that glimmer of hope the finish is as good as the first draw.

The cigar itself is well constructed with a very nice solid ash, burned nice and even and it rested well, however even after all that I can only give this cigar a 5 out of 10. Try one and you tell me what you think about it.

Until next time.

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