Last Friday I picked up a pair of Ambos Mundos cigars when I was down in Chattanooga for the morning and I finally got to light one up last night.If you haven't heard, Ambos Mundos is another Pete Johnson creation. He says he wanted to have a more budget-minded line of cigars since the Tatuaje ended up retailing for more than he originally intended. There are two sizes of AMs (so far), a robusto and a toro (6 x 50), and two different wrappers, a habano and a sumatra. At Burns, the robustos are $5.25 and the toros are slightly more. I picked up a robusto of each flavor.
Last night I had the habano. In pre-light it was nearly flavorless so I thought it might end up being a very mild cigar. The first few minutes didn't do anything to change that opinion. After about 10 minutes or so, though, it started picking up some more body and flavor. Overall, I would say it is medium-bodied, kind of a nutty, earthy smoke with just a touch of spice.
I am a big fan of the Tatuaje brown label (the red label less so, and the white label less still) and I did not think this cigar compares well with that one. It wasn't bad, just not what I was expecting from Pete Johnson. A decent smoke at a pretty reasonable price, but I think there are probably less expensive smokes that I would like even better. Worth a try, but don't get your hopes up expecting it to be another Tat.
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