Size: 5 ½ X 54
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra
Binder: Brazilian
Filler: Cuban Seed
Dominican, Cuban Seed Nicaraguan
Today I got my recent order from Tampa Humidor and I felt like a
kid on Christmas Day as I opened the box and unpacked its contents. Now I need a bigger
humidor. I have two humidors but prefer all my sticks to be inside one.
Since I have two different Kristoff Cigars in the package and
I already smoked many Maduro Ligero Matadors, I am going to smoke the Kristoff Sumatra
Robusto.
I walk to the Jacuzzi set up shop and get in. I will be
drinking filtered water and listening to Marvin Gaye’s - What’s Going On, an
old favorite of mine which I heard for the first time on 8-Track.
This
sandy brown stick with its shaggy foot and pigtail cap is light on veins and has a
light sheen to it. These sticks come bare back. The band is pinkish red in
color with the Kristoff name aching so slightly across the front in gold
wrapped creme colored letters.
I take a sniff and cocoa and barnyard are the smells I
inhale. I twist off the pigtail and take a dry draw and cinnamon stick flavor
is what I taste. The draw is very smooth and open.
I light the shaggy foot and taste wood and citrus notes. The
white smoke is full and velvet. Later in this third hints of roasted coffee are
dominant.
As the first third of the cigar draws to a close, the grey ash
with black highlight falls off after holding its form. The burn is slightly
uneven.
The next third and the citrus returns and hints of cedar and
wood appear in my mouth. The smoke is still flowing full and the burn is a
little uneven.
Wood, cedar and coffee round off the last third of this
stick as the burn becomes even and the smoke is still kicking on full strength.
I smoke this cigar until I can’t anymore. Here is another
Kristoff that is a great smoke. I have become a big fan of his line of cigars and confidently recommend them to cigar smokers everywhere.
Robert Anthony Meyers
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