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Foundry Elements Xenon

Cigar Tipsters Rating:

8.1/10

Cigar Review, Cigar, Cigar, Macanudo Maduro

The Xenon is a (6 1/4x54) box pressed torpedo. There is no information on strength, wrapper, or filler. The little information I got is that it has Dominican Republic origins and the box says to smoke it!  It comes in a rough cut 20 count box with a space ship emblem on top. The idea of the compounds, musings, and elements like came from General Cigar creative director Michael Giannini who's creative spirit is seen throughout the like and in packaging.  The packaging and artwork of the line is second to none when it comes to creativity.  The colors of bands make the cigar pop out at you.  

 

The foot and cold draw don't reveal much besides a hint of coffee.  The first third starts out with a blast of a mineral taste almost gaseous.  A pretty cool trick.  I've had several of these and they all have this taste.  I also pick up coffee, and a nutty, dark chocolate taste, but that mineral blast is dominant.  As the first third concludes, I till have no idea what I'm smoking but the mineral taste goes away and an earthy taste comes to the front.  There is not a lot to no pepper present.  It has a very mild-medium taste in strength. The burn and draw are great with no touchups needed.  The smoke output is good as well.

 

At the midpoint, this cigar picks up a little and is flirting with the medium stage. The flavors are more aggressive now and I taste earth, malt, coffee, nuts, and dark chocolate.  I'd say they are all getting along extremely well with chocolate and nuts fighting for supemacy.  The malt taste is very inviting as well. The retro is a nice smooth dark chocolate taste with no issues. The draw is good and I had to touch it up a little with the burn. The smoke output has improved ten fold.  

 

The last third of this cigar hadn't changed much but the malt, nuts, and chocolate are singing in tune very well.  The flavor reminds me of a Reese's peanut butter cup.  The burn is OK and the draw is the same, total smoke time was around one hour and ten minutes.

 

Cigar Review, Cigar, Cigar, Macanudo Maduro
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