Avo XO:Preludio:Connecticut

This is my first AVO cigar. With Davidoff's master blender behind this one I expected a much richer or fulfilling smoke.

SPECS-
Size: Preludio 6 x 40
Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican
Smoke Time: 30 mins
Price: $7.60
Drink: None
Cut: Punch/Guillotine
Touch-Ups: 1

FIRST IMPRESSION- This is a very crisp and clean looking stick. Sporting a somewhat dry
Connecticut wrapper with just one big vein branching vein on the back, this cigar is pretty. Its construction is excellent, light yet modestly packed this cigar shows AVO's high class rollmenship. The dry wrapper smelt of dry hay, or barnyard. The foot had the same dry smell with a slight earth hint. The cigar was punched cleanly and easily. The draw was very good, with the wrapper being slightly salty and with the cold taste similar to nori, or that green leaf outside sushi rolls. Interesting.

First-Second-Third Thirds-Since this is a very one dimensional cigar it'd be redundant to give this cigar proper third reviews. The tastes are all very similar beginning to end and with separate thirds review I'd be almost repeating myself. The First Third, was probably the best third. With hints of cedar,nuts, and a smooth butter cream that leaves a long taste on the palate. The Second Third looses the cedar hints and welcomes you with more of a roasted nut flavor. The nuts are complimented with a very sweet leather and hints of coffee if you dig for them hard enough. The creaminess of cigar is still there but not as profound. The Cigar is very mild for me and with the Last Third it just picks up a little into a very light medium range of flavor. A dark and more richer taste of leather takes up as the main flavor. This crescendo was good, but the flavor is not all there it peaks, then its gone, leaving you a faint taste of leather. The ash on this cigar was slightly above average with the longest ash holding up a least a inch close to the band and the rest just slight flaky and never truly holding on after that.

FINAL IMPRESSIONS-Overall the cigar was alright. For its price point I just expected a lot more outta of it, you can get better same flavor profiles from cheaper sticks. I think the name of the cigar fits it perfectly "The Preludio" which I'm pretty sure means prelude in Italian. This Cigar is great for the middle of the day, or if you're going to smoking a lot of other cigars its perfect. The emptiness and not much of a punch makes you desire something else and gets your mind set for a stronger, more complementing,fuller smoke, this truly is a prelude. I just wish this intro was much cheaper.

Rating-81
Buy It Again-Maybe, not in any rush to get one though.
Recommended? Only If you never tried a AVO or Davidoff, or you're heading to a Hurf.