Rating: 80Type: RobustoName: AmbassadorRing Gauge: 50Length: 5″Wrapper: BrazilianBinder: DominicanFi…
Written on Friday, July 6th, 2007
Rating: 80
Type: Robusto
Name: Ambassador
Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 5"
Wrapper: Brazilian
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Cuban Seed Dominican, Nicaraguan
Retail: $6.25 @ $150 for a box of 24 (Online)
Retail prices shown here are per cigar at a bricks and mortar retailer unless noted otherwise.
Review Date: July 6, 2007
Comments: While this is a decent cigar, I expected more than what I got. The John Hay Ambassador Maduro's wrapper had a nice oily gloss to it, was finely veined and evenly colored but was marred by a rather large hole (1/4 inch) in the wrapper near the foot (does not show in the above image). The sticks construction was firm and even, though moderately lumpy. It's firmness hinted at a draw on the tighter side, but surprisingly was a little too easy causing the cigar to burn a little on the hot side if I wasn't careful. The ash produced was a mottled gray with a yellow tinge to it and though it was a bit flaky, it held firm to an inch plus. The burn wandered from side to side but was not a problem. The flavor of this stick was a little disappointing, having a simple profile with a full-body of heavily peppered cedar being the best way I can describe it. Oddly enough, I could compare the flavor to some of the Cuban products I've smoked, but lacking the complexity of Cuban tobaccos. I actually liked the John Hay Pennsylvania Maduro better than this smoke... and I'm almost hesitant to interject that here as they are two very different cigars and probably shouldn't be compared. Let me know what you think...
This is the third in a series of reviews on John Hay products, there are more coming! So come back and see us. Check out John Hay Cigars web site too, these folks look like they're having far too much fun!
History: (From Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars, 2006) Long a machine-made brand, the hand-made John Hay Ambassador was introduced in 2005. It's medium-to-full body in the Connecticut-Shade wrapped version (with a Connecticut binder) and full-bodied with a Dominican-grown maduro wrapper (and Dominican binder). Handmade in Santiago, Dominican Republic.
Click the comments link below to comment on this cigar!
Scroll down for more reviews. Click here or the Cigar Reviews link to the left for the complete review archive.
continue reading original article at John Hay Ambassador Maduro: Cigar Review - from the From the Desk of Synquest website.
Related Posts:
- John Hay Pennsylvania Maduro: Cigar Review
- 3 Regular Guys Cigar Review - Part 2 - Iguana (Candela, Connecticut and Maduro)
- John Hay Pennslyvania Natural: Cigar Review
- 3 Regular Guys Cigar Review - Iguana (Candela, Connecticut and Maduro)
- Cohiba Maduro 5 : a new concept in Cuban cigars
Be The First To Comment
Trackbacks URI http://www.worldcigars.net/news/john-hay-ambassador-maduro-cigar-review/trackback/
Comments are closed.
More Related:
Check these Categories below for more on John Hay Ambassador Maduro: Cigar Review
Previous Post: Guter Jahrgang, schlechter Jahrgang?
Next Post: Blick ins Zigarettenstrategie-Archiv
Search For More Articles Related to:
