Alec Bradley Maxx Brazil in Toro

This 6 X 54 cigar has an oily dark brown wrapper.  The seems are tight and almost invisible, and has a double cap.  The first light reveals a medium bodied with a chard cedar and slight coffee, with lots of pepper.  The cedar is the main flavor, its slightly sweet and slightly bitter.  The finish is where the cedar and sweetness come together to form the coffee and then the pepper really kicks up.  I would put it at a 5 to a 6 out of 10 on the heat scale.  Its a little difficult to describe, but its not an intense overpowering heat, but its almost like how a red hot cinnamon candy comes across your palette.  Its not the cinnamon flavor but the "cinnamon sensation".  The burn for the first inch and a half is razor sharp and the draw is slightly firm but giving off excellent smoke output.  The cigar continues on at a solid medium in body with intense flavors.

The Ash finally dropped off with it holding on for the first two inches.  The flavor gets more intense but stays in between a medium to full in body.  The cedar is still the main flavor, the pepper zing is still representing itself in the same way.  The coffee and the sweetness is still there but it is fading away.  An earthiness is starting to come in to play that's very smooth and delightful.  The earthiness is almost mineral tasting and is slightly musty.  A mustiness usually means aged tobacco.

Another inch down and the cigar is transitioning into a very, very smooth medium bodied delight.  The cedar, earthiness and coffee are all mixing together with the pepper "red-hot sensation" and the flavor is coming out as a smoky bacon type flavor.  Before you think I've completely lost my mind you should know the "bacon" flavor is very faint, but present.  This is the first time I have ever experienced the flavor and its quite tasty.

I put the cigar down at around the one hour and twenty five minute mark.  The flavors start to get warm and nutty and washed out by the heat.  This cigar reminded me of one that I have had before, but i could not put my finger on it until the last third of the cigar.  Surprisingly it reminds me of Drew Estate's Liga Undercrown.  Its not the exact same experience but they are very similar in my opinion.  I enjoyed this cigar very much and is great for the price.  This turned out to be on of the better cigars I've had during this new year.



Price: $4.25
Appearance: 93
Draw: 90
Burn: 95
Flavor: 95
Burn Time: 93

Overall Score: 93