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Black Pearl Original robusto
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Went through a number of Black Pearls with uneven results before
I finally realized there are all sorts of these. The Black Pearl
web site lists Cobre, Rojo, Morado, Gran D, Cameroon, Classic
Maduro, Classic; whereas cigar.com lists Original instead of
Classic. It's not clear from the label which one you are smoking.
For instance, this last one has a black ring round the face on the
band with red wings on the band. Near as I can tell, it's the Black
Pearl Original, which I take to be the Classic. I think this kind
of confusion might be why the few reviews of this cigar I can hunt
up yield such different results. So much so that I cannot recognise
this cigar in any of them.
The wrapper is veiny, dark, and dry. The cigar itself feels light and dry. But it is firm. I get a barn odor at the foot. It tastes a bit of oak. I love the band. It uncaps easily. I got a medium draw. The draw had a very distant oakiness to it.
This sparked up with a single match toasting the foot. The first flavor was mild oak. The smoke was thin. There was plenty of volume, but what I got, I could see right through. There was a clan coffee finish to it. By clean, I mean that I tasted coffee, but that flavor didn't linger. I couldn't figure out the retro until I read at c.com something about charcoal flavor. It's the retro I found to be charcoal. It burnt very nicely. It's a good indoors smoke, very polite, not thick enough to stuff up the room, and with neat ash. The second half turned more earthy and less charcoal. Then at the nub, it turned all to oak. I went all the way to a one inch hot nub, and it was still burning nice and tasty. It left an oak aroma in the room. A mere hour and a quarter.
Had a charcoal stink finger afterwards. In the morning, I had an oak morning mouth which went well with diner coffee. I had a damp wheeze.
This is a reasonably priced cigar. I place no weight on price. I rated it three stars just because the flavor was in no way rich. Other than that, the flavor, burn, and construction are fine. Enough to make me try a different Black Pearl.
The wrapper is veiny, dark, and dry. The cigar itself feels light and dry. But it is firm. I get a barn odor at the foot. It tastes a bit of oak. I love the band. It uncaps easily. I got a medium draw. The draw had a very distant oakiness to it.
This sparked up with a single match toasting the foot. The first flavor was mild oak. The smoke was thin. There was plenty of volume, but what I got, I could see right through. There was a clan coffee finish to it. By clean, I mean that I tasted coffee, but that flavor didn't linger. I couldn't figure out the retro until I read at c.com something about charcoal flavor. It's the retro I found to be charcoal. It burnt very nicely. It's a good indoors smoke, very polite, not thick enough to stuff up the room, and with neat ash. The second half turned more earthy and less charcoal. Then at the nub, it turned all to oak. I went all the way to a one inch hot nub, and it was still burning nice and tasty. It left an oak aroma in the room. A mere hour and a quarter.
Had a charcoal stink finger afterwards. In the morning, I had an oak morning mouth which went well with diner coffee. I had a damp wheeze.
This is a reasonably priced cigar. I place no weight on price. I rated it three stars just because the flavor was in no way rich. Other than that, the flavor, burn, and construction are fine. Enough to make me try a different Black Pearl.
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Nope. Their web site shows the rojo with a red circle round the logo.
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Try the Morado (cameroon wrapper, purple band) it is awesome. Best cheap cameroon on the market imho.