Ashton VSG Corona Gorda

Country Of Origin: Dominican Republic

Size: 5.7 in.

Ring Guage: 46

Est. Price: $8.25

Good looking cigar with a little bit of box damage but good construction overall.

Prelight: The draw was a bit tight but nothing to really complain about. I couldn't distinguish any flavors on the draw.

1/3: After lighting the draw was still tight but nothing bad enough to annoy me and it produced a lot of nice thick white smoke. The flavors off the bat were a bit of coffee and cedar and the finish was very long. Initially there wasn't much spice through the nose but about 1/4" through it really picked up. About 1" through I was able to pick up a little sweetness and a nice creamy mocha flavor. The ash would have lasted about 1 1/2" to 2" except the cigar fell off the table and knocked a bit of the ash off.

2/3: The flavors really picked up in the second third. The creamy mocha increased with a little more chocolate. Moving into the final third the coffee flavor increases.

3/3: The mocha with an intense coffee flavor but closer to the last 2" it started to get a bit harsh.

Overall Impressions: a good cigar with a excellent burn... Would be a good
smoke with a nice cup of coffee

Final Score: 89

Nub Maduro Review....cut short

By request of Dan aka Toomanycolors from Aficionado and Asylum I decided to review the Nub Maduro only to have the smoke cut short by rain...UGH. I figured I'd post what I have so far.

Prelight: Cut with my Xikar Xi Ti cutter. Draw was effortless and the flavor seemed to be a bit of chocolately sweetness.

1/3 Lit very easily and started off with a lot of dark chocolate and sweetness. A bit of cedar and nuts popped in on the finish. Right from the start the cigar had a good amount of spice on my sinuses but not too much to burn too much. The burn was absolutely perfect. One thing that was quite interesting is a vein line going through the ash which is shown in one of the pictures.

Just as I finished the 1/3 it started to rain so I had to cut the review short. Got a few good pictures tho :)