Alec Bradley Black Market

Alec Bradley Black Market

• Jamastran, Honduras and Panamanian long-fillers
• Sumatra binder
• Nicaraguan wrapper
• Minimal veins
• Nice oily appeal
• Solid Construction
• Toasty, earth pre-smoke draw
• 7 months in personal humi

Background:  Black Market, was launched at the 2011 IPCPR.

1st Third: The smoke began with a tight draw, however, not enough to detract from the experience. The initial flavors are very woody with enough pepper to remain pleasant. Hints of sweetness dance in the background and compliment the main flavors well. Thus far the smoke has been very creamy, very pleasant. The construction has been true to its appearance, very well built. The ash has a nice charcoal color, the burn is even, and the smoke is billowing nicely.

2nd Third: The smoke maintained the woody, toasty taste that had been so pleasant in the beginning of the smoke.  It is still a rather creamy smoke and the sweetness that was in the background began to come forward a bit more. The sweet flavors hinted towards coffee and cocoa and was a good compliment to the woody, sometimes earthy flavor.  The construction has remained strong and ash has remained in tact. I am very pleased with the nice even burn.

Final Third: The last third had a good finish that left me satisfied. The pepper taste did not intensify towards the end as I had expected it would. Much like the sweetness, the pepper hints were a good compliment to the over all flavor pallet of the cigar. Towards the end the woody taste became almost entirely earthy then almost taking on a charcoal flavor. It was around that time that the sweetness exited the pallet. The construction remained strong throughout, this did not surprise me. It was at the beginning of this final third that the ash finally fell off the cigar.

Final Thoughts: A very solid cigar. I am very satisfied with tonight's smoke. Initially the oily, dark, look of the cigar wet my taste buds and invited  me to smoke. The cigar remained pleasantly creamy throughout and had the perfect amount of sweet and spicy hints to compliment the main toasty, woody flavor. This cigar was a solid 6.8 out of 10. Above average and very tasty.