Quick Smoke: 5 Vegas ‘A’ Torpedo
Sunday, February 18th, 2007Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief take on a single cigar.
This torpedo features a leathery, almost obscuro, wrapper that seperated from the binder a bit soon after being lit. For such a dark wrapper, the flavors were suprisingly sweet and the strength was medium-mild. It’s got potential, but didn’t quite hit the spot.
Verdict = Hold.
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Your verdict of Hold has me confused; just what does it mean? At first, I thought you were going to have this option for sticks that were okay but would need some more time to rest in the humidor; but your Maria Mancini review removed that option.
Thanks for the question zBob.
Buy/Sell/Hold are more like stock ratings than cigar buying advice.
So hold really just means neither good (buy) nor poor (sell) but in between… kind of just “so-so”
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