December 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am
by admin (Ashton)
Ashton VSG Torpedo,
This dark figurado is box pressed and silky. The draw is perfect and the smoke is rich. Meaty, full-bodied flavors have notes of leather and earth. The cigar started smooth and finished smooth, I smoked it all the way down to the nub and it never got too hot. The cigar gets its filler and binder from the Dominican Republic and it wrapper from Ecuador.
Ashton makes a great line of cigars and the VSGs are among the top of the line. I think that I liked this one as good if not just a touch better than the San Cristobal that I bought at this same smoke-shop a couple of weeks ago.
I rate this cigar at an A- and would add it to my top 10 list.
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December 15th, 2007 at 10:38 am
by admin (Ashton, Don Pepin Garcia, San Cristobal)
Every since I read the article in this month’s Aficianado Magazine about Don Pepin Garcia and all the different cigars he wraps, I’ve wanted to try one of these San Cristobals. These smokes are wrapped by Don Pepin and produced by Ashton. Click here for some more info on that relationship.
This was a great smoke, just like almost every other Pepin Garcia cigar I have had. It started smooth and ended very smooth, I smoked it down to the very end. It did start to get a little hot towards the end, but it wasn’t too hot to smoke. There was plenty of smoke and the draw was very easy. I rate this cigar at an A-.
Now having said all that, I don’t think that I would smoke this cigar on a regular basis. I’d like to try 1 or 2 more of the Vitolas but frankly after I try them I probably won’t buy any more. They are great smokes, but they taste very similar to the Don Pepin Garcia Black-Label Line or the Tatuajes. And since the San Cristobals are $2-$3 higher than the other 2, I will probably stick with the cheaper ones.
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September 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
by admin (Ashton)
I smoked this cigar at the recommendation of my brother from this site…
http://chadscigars.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/la-aroma-de-cuba-robusto/
This cigar was quite a good smoke. It was a loosely wrapped cigar that pulled very easily when smoking it. I thought the flavor was quite nice, but a tad less dense than I was expecting. It seemed to smoke rather quickly and the smoke wasn’t very thick, but that was alright, I still thought the flavor was quite good. I had never smoked an Ashton before and although this one didn’t actually carry the Ashton band, it is made by the same line. I look forward to trying more of this brand.
I will be picking up another one of these soon. It was a good cigar for $5.50 that measured 6×50
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