Quick Smoke: Don Kiki Brown Label Figurado
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief take on a single cigar.
Between giving it a great review and naming it my 2007 Thanksgiving cigar of choice, I’ve made no secret of my affinity for the Brown Label Toro. The four and ½ inch by 54 ring gauge Figurado, not surprisingly, is another winner. The sun-grown Cuban-seed criollo wrapper and corojo binder provide the same tastes of licorice, spice, earth, toasted nuts, and cocoa in a much shorter format – all for under $1.50 per stick when bought by the box.
Verdict = Buy.
photo credit: Stogie Guys
A few other cigar sites, including clubstogie.com and yours really turned me on to these. I bought the sampler and had to pick up a box of the torps. Great smooth creamy flavors from a sub 2 dollar cigar is really a bargain. I think these stand up to many cigars 3 or 4 times their price in their ability to deliver flavor inoffensively. Great smoke at ANY price, but always happy to pay less.
Cuban crafters cigars have some of the best flavors going. I’ve smoked one truckload of cigars in my 50 years, and I have to say these are in my top ten for flavor.