Video review HERE.
(Description provided by Forged Cigar Co.)
The redux of Room101 Hit & Run Redux new blend is created by the dynamic duo of Matt Booth and Robert Caldwell.
Matt Booth said, “I’m thrilled to bring another Room101 sub-brand back to life with this expression of Hit & Run. The brand was born of a collaborative seed between myself and Robert Caldwell. It’s about our creative process as much as it is about two-like minded psychopaths who’ve stuck together over the years. This cigar is the physical and combustible manifestation of an intergalactic connection which proves that an authentic friend and a good cigar can help more than you may imagine.”
The blend is made with a Mexican San Andres wrapper, an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and a blend of Nicaraguan C-98 and Pennsylvania filler with an added layer of Nicaraguan leaf. Matt Booth describes the experience as being “sophisticated with depth and transition,” and notes that it “blends power with balance.” He says Hit & Run “pairs well with your favorite memory of the DMV.”
The line is crafted at William Ventura in Tamboril, DR, where four frontmarks have been made:
Available vitolas:
Robusto (5” x 50); SRP per cigar $12.99 (REVIEWED TODAY)
Toro (6” x 50); SPR per cigar $13.29
Gordo (6” x 60); SPR per cigar $14.39
Perfecto (5.12 x 60); SRP per cigar $16.99
The Robusto, Toro and Gordo come in 20-count boxes, while the Perfecto comes in a ten-count box. All Room101 Hit & Run packaging features colorful Room101 branding.
Room101 is distributed by Forged Cigar Company.
The cigar is dark brown and has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were citrus, peach, brown sugar, and dark chocolate. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2 to 8. Nice start.
At the first third (18 minutes) the notes were the same. The percentages are also the same. The black pepper remains very good. You have really nice citrus/peach/brown sugar notes, dark chocolate, and black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is peach and dark chocolate with very good lingering black pepper. I rated the first third 94.
Moving through the second third (41 minutes) I had a little less sweetness and a little more dark chocolate. Same notes but the percentages of each have changed. The cigar is still medium bodied. The finish is primarily dark chocolate with a little peach and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is still good just a little darker. I rated the second third 93.
The cigar lasted 56 minutes. The dark chocolate kept slowly increasing with the sweeter notes decreasing. You still get all the notes but the dark chocolate is the lead player. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is unchanged. The dark chocolate slowly rises over the course of the cigar. Still, a pretty good cigar. I rated the final third 92.
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