5 Vegas Classic - Panatela review

6" x 38

Another big thanks to @SweetCigars for sending me more delicious 5 Vegas sticks!

I was so excited to just dig into this one that I forgot to take any notes on the foot or cold draws. Here's when I finally remembered to take a picture of it:

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Cream, tobacco and a powdered milk taste were the earliest tastes. The cigar had a mild spice on the retrohale.

After the first 1" ends, I start to get some sweetness.

Another inch in, the 1st 1/3rd is coming to an end, and the spice on the retrohale increases to a mild-medium amount of spice.

I think I've identified the sweetness as licorice!

1/2way now, some leather notes appear, and tobacco moves to the head of the line.

As the last 1/3rd begins the draw begins to get tougher, and I try my hand at purging the cigar. It helps, but only for one more puff, so I decide to call it.

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Total burn time was 70 minutes.

I've been considering trying the Robusto. Next time I order I think I'll buy several singles with this included.

Yeah, I don't know what my favorite vitola is yet. Robustos seem to have taken over as the most common vitola for a new blend to be in (the way Coronas are with CCs). I used to really dig Toros, but the smoke time is sometimes a bit long.

Maybe after I get some consistently drier RH I will go back to Toros.

I always thought the 5 Vegas Classic was an underrated smoke. Nice review!