Review Details

Cohiba Maduro 5 Magicos - 10 cigars

Product Review (submitted on July 20, 2014):

The Cohiba Magicos box of 10 was purchased in December 2013 and box-stamped in August 2013. The stogies have been aged for a period 7 months.

Upon the selection of one specimen, I noticed the cigar looked quite dry with no visible oil - mind you they have been kept at the relative humidity of 69-71% humidity under controlled temperature. I feel the dryness could be due to the Maduro wrapper. This is strange as I have had non-cuban maduros sporting oily and soft wrappers.

The draw was just right with flavors of chocolate and cream - truly yummy!!!

1st half:

Since the stogie is quite short, I felt it apt to divide it into two parts.

The cigar opened beautifully with aromas of coffee, chocolate and mint in the foreground and a little white pepper in the background as I could feel the spiciness in the back of my throat. The burn was razor sharp and the body was medium with a medium finish.

2nd half:

Wow!! The second half has turned into a pepper BOMB - now the pepper is all in the foreground and the chocolate/cocoa have taken the back seat.

With every puff, the pepper is getting stronger and stronger - any more, and I would have to let it go...

I stop smoking the stogie about 3/4 of inch to the nub as pepper isn't, really, my cup of tea in the hot and humid summer night!

I feel with more age, the pepper can mellow out and the mixture of pepper and cocoa would surely constitute lovely flavors - but for now I am going to give these cigars a rest of about a full year before trying them again.

IMHO, this vitola is great for smokers who enjoy short smokes of 40-50 minutes with strong spicy treats.

With proper age, these stogies have the potential of being gems hidden in a lucky guy's humidor.

Serap