Hello all,
I'm pretty new to cigars, I've been smoking them all of six months or so, and I keep encountering a certain sort of gasoline, or lighter fluid like flavor I'm not a huge fan of.
To try and give you an idea of what I'm tasting I'll list some cigars I've smoked, and what I got from them, so hopefully you can give me some suggestions and save me some money spent trying to find the "right" cigar:
Leccia Luchdor: starts with that gasoline flavor I don't like, along with some leather and pepper, but by the second half becomes very earthy, and great with hints of earthy spices like thyme, rosemary, etc.
La Imperiosa: no flaws, no gasoline, lots of cooked meat, savory spice, and many, many other flavors, great cigar.
CAO Brazilia: coffee, creamer, charred meat, cedar, solid cigar, but the flavors could stand to be more in your face, no gasoline
La Hoja 1962 Maduro: apples and cinnamon, this is an apple pie masquerading as a cigar, right up there with the Imperiosa in my book, no gasoline
Undercrown shade: lots of citrus, and light desserts, no gasoline, but too light for my daily smoke, great when I want something light.
Olivia Habano: pepper and beef, tastes like heavily peppered jerky, no, or very little gasoline, not for me, but not bad
Leccia White: Chinese breaded chicken, yaki soba, soy sauce, salt, leather, but unfortunately some gasoline
Warped Futuro: lots of wood, maybe rosewood? and unfortunately some gasoline, I found this cigar really boring
I could list more, but already I doubt many will read through all that! Is there a certain filler, binder, or wrapper known to throw out gasoline-like flavors? I want the massive earthiness of the last half of the Leccia Luchador, without the gasoline finish. I also really like the Leccia White's salty elements, but again, I wish I could ditch the gasoline...
Any ideas? Will the gasoline flavor age out of the Leccias? I like them more than nearly everything else I've smoked despite it, I just really wish I could get the other flavors without it.
Cheers!