Belicoso 6" x 52 ring gauge / $12.00 approx.This is a follow up to Dave's review of the robusto size here, as this size is a line extension introduced at this year's IPCPR.
I'd again like to thank Amar, the owner of my regular shop (Maxamar's Ultimate Cigars, Orange, CA), as he gave me this sample from what he brought back from IPCPR. Since this is technically a pre-release I was only able to smoke 1 cigar for this review. While this was my only experience with this size I have smoked almost all of the other vitolas of this blend.
The cigar had the same medium dark brown with a golden tint I've seen on many other T-52's. Overall the cigar was very good looking and looked very well put together. Once I lit up the cigar the first thing that hit me was the spice and chocolate flavors that I normally experience with a T-52.
Unfortunately the construction on this sample wasn't what I have experienced with other samples. I had to draw on it a lot because it seemed like it wanted to go out. This might or might not have caused a hole to develop towards the end of the first third. It did burn through it and not need to be touched up. However at $12+ cigar shouldn't do this. The burn didn't cause any more problems and the draw opened up after it burned through the hole.
The flavors were pretty much the same as I've experienced with every other one of these I've smoked. Some spice, lots of chocolate & coffee, some leather, cream, and nuts. Normally these are flavors and a combination that I really like. However something about the T-52, and this is all of the samples I've smoked, that doesn't really do it for me. I'd much rather have the older brother, the No. 9, any day.
If you like the T-52 I would definitely tell you to give this a try. I'm going to chalk the construction issues up to it being a pre-release as I've never experienced something this bad with this cigar before. If you've never had a T-52 then I would also tell you to give it a try.
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