Diesel Unholy Cocktail Review

12/27/2014

Cigar: Diesel Unholy Cocktail
Size: Salomon, 7.1”x58
MSRP: $12.50
Strength: Full
Wrapper: Pennsylvania Broadleaf
Origin: Nicaragua

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Prelight: The maduro wrapper of the Unholy Cocktail is thick, oily and has a faint floral aroma. There are a few medium-sized veins. The overall appearance is a bit lumpy and unrefined, but still gives me the impression that this stick will be delicious. The cold draw seems a little tight, but I’m sure it’ll loosen up after I get past the closed foot. It has a pleasant woody/chocolate taste to it.

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1/3: The perfecto foot lights easily and I’m off and running. There is a lot of spicy black pepper at the onset, but a sweet cream quickly builds to balance out the flavors. I am getting a good pull as the cigar opens up and the smoke billows off the foot. The pepper lessens during the first third and is replaced by an earthy wood – like oak – and a bit of chocolate is added to the cream.

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2/3: The second third is mainly oak and a bitter espresso/chocolate combination. I am still getting a slight cream in the profile the smoke is also creamy in feel. The burn has not been perfect, requiring on touch up, but overall the construction seems good; the ash is dense and I knock it off after about an inch or more.

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3/3: The final third is still very oaky, but there is not much left of the cream, chocolate or coffee notes. Instead, there is a sweet bitterness, like grass, as well as a taste that reminds me of a citrus rind. The nub does get a bit too bitter for me, so I let it go with just over an inch left.

Overall: A pretty dang good cigar by AJ. I really liked the subtle transition of flavors into the woody profile, and the not-too-spicy/not-too-sweet flavors were quite enjoyable. The construction was copacetic, but not ideal. I’ll definitely give the belicoso size a try, as I think the salomon is just a bit too much.

I like this cigar, I've just never had it in this size.

Thanks again.

Love these things. The fact that the belicoso size is always under $3 is even better.

My number one cigar, I'm a huge fan of the PA Broadleaf cured as this one is being creamy and full. This core of Nica fillers is my favorite maduro profile (Jalapa?) without all the black and red pepper bombing too familiar to Nica maduros like the horrid Willie Herrera Norteno hyped as a great cigar or those cookie cutter Placensia profiles in all his cigars. Lets face it, AJ Fernandez has written the book on quality maduro cigars of Nicaraguan pedigree.