Toro, 5.875" x 52 ring gauge Today I'm going to preview the EPC Core Line maduro in the Club 52 size. This is one of the samples I received from the owner of my regular store from the recent IPCPR show.
This cigar is comprised of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers, an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder all covered in a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper. I believe it will come in all of the sizes that the natural Core Line comes in.
The wrapper on this cigar is a dark chocolate brown with some darker mottling to it. The wrapper also had a good amount of oils to it and the veins were fairly small. Giving it a squeeze I'm able to detect a slight amount of give with a couple minor soft spots. From the wrapper I get the aroma of cedar and barnyard from the foot. After clipping it and taking a cold draw I get notes of chocolate and leather with a good draw.
Once I lit it up I got a good amount of spice to it. After taking a few more puffs on it I'm able to detect notes of chocolate and earth. The draw is great and it produces a large volume of smoke. Towards the end of the first third notes of anise start coming through. The ash was very dark in color and held on for about a half an inch before needing to be tapped off. At this point the cigar is a bit stronger than the natural Core Line.
The second third saw the spice and strength tone down a bit. The flavors changed to anise, wood and earth. The draw an construction were perfect.
The final third didn't see much change in the cigar. The anise flavor was the predominate flavor like the second third. At the finish of the cigar it was in the medium body and strength range.
Overall, while the construction was perfect I didn't enjoy the flavors that much. There definitely wasn't anything bad about it, I just don't like anise (black licorice). I would like to try another one to see how the ones released to the market taste. With the perfect construction I can recommend it to any smoker out there that would enjoy these flavors, except to maybe the most sensitive to strength of a cigar.
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