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The K.
Hansotia Signature 101 cigar reviewed here is described as an
"unbelievable new blend" by Cigars International. The cigar's wrapper is a
darker Costa Rican Maduro leaf. The filler blend was supposedly created by
Mr. Hansotia himself for his own personal enjoyment. The filler contains
Honduran, Dominican, and Jamaican long-leaf tobaccos. It's a fine-looking
cigar, made a bit more special looking by the addition of its "signed"
silver band. The Hansotia Signature 101 lit very easily and burned
very slowly and evenly to the end. It stayed lit quite well even as
I moved about from task to task as I smoked it. If you smoke one of these,
I recommend using a punch cutter or a "V" cutter rather than a straight
slice across the head. The reason I suggest this is that the wrapper
wanted to unravel after I sliced it. I was able to prevent that from
happening by moistening the end, but it did tend to want to still unravel
a bit. The flavor of the cigar to me had a strong chocolate note to it,
more like cocoa powder or very dark chocolate than a Hershey bar. Although
described as a complex and full-bodied flavor, all I could say that I
picked up was the chocolate flavor and a very mild peppery note. The
flavor seemed fairly consistent to me throughout. The smoke coming from
the Hansotia Signature 101 was very thin and wispy when exhaled.
When drawn into the mouth it was sometimes hard for me to tell the smoke
was there. The aroma of the smoke was bitingly sharp and my nose
definitely knew it was there when I inhaled some that way. The Hansotia
Signature 101's strength was very mild initially, but picked up
significantly during the last third of the burn. I would describe it as a
slightly above-average strength. I definitely felt it by the end of the
cigar, but it wasn't quite as potent as the Gurkha
Vintage Seriest (also made by Hansotia). All things considered, I
liked the Hansotia Signature 101 but don't feel it was quite as
special as some do. Still, it is quite a good cigar and I am not
disparaging it here. On a 1-10 rating, the cigar deserves about a 6.5 -
perhaps leaning more toward 6 than 7.
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