Thursday, February 08, 2007

Cusano




Just finished my first Cusano P1 cigar. It was $2.99 at the cigar shop. It was my first topedo cigar, so I had to buy a cutter instead of using my bullet punch. Got to have the right tools you know. Not sure I liked the torpedo. Seems like it draws a little harder than the regular ends. Does anyone know why they make them in this shape? Flavor wise it was not a bad cigar, but did not stand out in my mind. It had the broadleaf maduro wrapper and I know I much prefer the finer texture of the Conneticut wrapper now.


Here is what cigar.com had to say:
The Cusano P1 is a dark and oily bundled cigar that is an excellent alternative for aficionados who prefer hearty cigars like Punch and Partagas. At an everyday low price, the P1 is an excellent value.
Before becoming known for some of the best premiums in the world, Cusano cigars started their value driven business in bundles with their Celebrity Series, which encompasses several lines of bundled cigars that were designed with one goal in mind, to compete directly with name brand cigars twice their price. Rolled at the famous Tabadom Factory in the Dominican Republic, the bundled Cusano Celebrity Series uses exacting standards to match the blends of some of the most famous cigars in the world including Punch, Partagas, Macanudo, and Montecristo to name a few.
The P1 by Cusano finds itself on the other end of the spectrum from the other Cusano bundles as the P1 brings a nice dark and rich wrapper over a Dominican filler and binder. The result is a cigar that can stand up to the rest of the medium to full- bodied cigars on the market. When Cusano made these cigars, he wanted to make a cigar that Punch and Partagas smokers would enjoy both in flavor and in price. The P1 starts out with a little bit of sweetness from the wrapper then kicks into full gear about one inch in, exploding with complex flavors. The cigar is both concise and consistent from start to finish. At such an affordable price, people are amazed that this bundled cigar is able to compete so well to the bigger names on the market. With the P1, aficionados have found all the quality at half the price.

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