Crowned Heads Angels Anvil TAA 2015

Tonight we have the Crowned Heads Angels Anvil TAA 2015.  This cigar has a dark brown wrapper with a few visible veins and invisible seems.  It comes in at 6 X 52.  After lighting the draw is perfect, not to loose and not too tight.  The cigar is putting off a tone of smoke.  The draw has some black pepper flavor and tingle sensation with a tiny bit of cedar as well.  The black pepper continues on the finish adding in a touch of sweet tobacco and slight coco notes.  The flavors stay on the palate for a little while but by the time of the next puff they have backed off a little. The body is at a medium.  The burn is slightly wavy but not an issue.

Around an inch and a half down the cigar transforms on the finish.  The draw is still perfect producing large amounts of smoke.  The draw still has the black pepper flavor and tingle sensation with some sweet tobacco and cedar.  The finish started with some earth and sweet tobacco and transitioned to a sweet coco and hazelnut flavor.  A coffee note comes in every few puffs or so but fades away quickly.  The hazelnut turns out out to be the dominant flavor.  Its sweet and creamy textured.  The cigar has stayed at a medium in body but is giving off some delicious flavors.  The burn has evened out but still goes wavy every now and then.

Three inches in and some more transitions happen.  The draw is still perfect.  The draw flavors have seen the pepper come up in intensity, especially through the nose on the retro hale.  The finish has the pepper flavor mixed in with the hazelnut notes.  A earthy leather has started to dominate the hazelnut.  The earth is a dirty gritty earth with a bold leather after taste.  The cigar is still at a medium body and the flavors are starting to stay longer on the palate.  The burn has been razor sharp every since the one inch mark.

At the one and a half inch mark all the flavors have been washed out by a warm chard tobacco flavor.  I sat the cigar down for the last time at the 1 hour and 58 minute mark.  Overall, this cigar had some similarities to last years Angels Anvil but it did feature more intensity with the pepper and bolder flavors.  Crowned Heads continues to pump out great cigars year after year!

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Price: $9.75

Appearance: 9/10

Draw: 20/20

Burn: 18/20

Flavor:  18/20

Complexity: 18/20

Burn Time: 10/10

Overall Score:  93 / Great Cigar