La Mission de L'Atelier 1959

Today we have the La Mission de L'Atelier 1959.  This cigar has a medium brown wrapper with visible veins and seems running the entire length of the cigar and has a pigtail cap.  It come in at 4 3/4 X 52.  After lighting, the draw is a bit snug but producing average smoke output.  The draw flavors include a deep earthiness with black pepper flavor and tingle sensation  The finish continues the earthiness and black pepper and add in a light leathery bread note.  The leather and bread is an interesting combination that I'm enjoying very much.  The body is at a medium.  The burn is razor sharp through the first inch.

I've burned through nearly two inches and some flavor changes have taken place.  The draw still has the black pepper flavor and tingle sensation, with a nice heat through the retro-hale.  The finish still has the earthiness but has added in a nutmeg like flavor.  Every few puffs the finish starts out with the nutmeg note and transitions back to the bread and leather.  After a few more puffs the earthiness comes intensifies a little more and the entire profile started to get sweeter.  The draw remains adequate with good smoke output.  The burn did however go wavy but isn't presenting a large issue. The body is medium plus.

With just over an inch and a half left the cigar started to get warm.  All that remain is a chard sweet leather and tobacco flavor.  I sat the cigar down for the last time at the 55 minute mark.  This cigar had some very interesting combinations in the flavor department, the nutmeg, bread, earth and leather were all very nice.  It was a quite unique flavor profile that I will definitely be craving more of.

Price: $8.50

Appearance: 8/10

Draw: 19/20

Burn: 18/20

Flavor:  18/20

Complexity: 18/20

Burn Time: 9/10

Overall Score:  90 / Good Cigar