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(Description taken from Cigar-Coop.com website)
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Debonaire Cigars rolled out a new brand called Indian Motorcycle Ultra Premium Cigars. It was in 2014 when Debonaire Cigars co-owner Phil Zanghi announced that he had re-acquired the rights to the Indian Tabac trademark. Indian Tabac was originally a partnership between Zanghi and Rocky Patel. In 2002, he sold the company to Patel to focus on other areas in the cigar business before returning to premium cigars in 2012. Instead of bringing back Indian Tabac, Zanghi opted to go in a different direction and create a whole new brand called Indian Motorcycle Ultra Premium Cigars. This brand incorporates a theme based on the popular motorcycle brand with the same name.
Blend Profile
The Indian Motorcycle Maduro utilizes a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. While the Debonaire Maduro also utilizes this wrapper, the Indian Motorcycle Maduro has a completely different blend.
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Dominican San Vincente
Filler: HVA Ligero, Nicaraguan Seco, Piloto Cubano
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic (De Los Reyes)
The Indian Motorcycle Habano uses the same binder and filler as the Indian Motorcycle Maduro.
Vitolas Available
Both the Indian Motorcycle Maduro and Indian Motorcycle Habano come in 20 count boxes – each in the following four sizes.
Robusto: 5 x 50
Toro: 6 x 52 REVIEWED TODAY
Gordo: 6 x 58
Churchill: 7 1/2 x 50
The cigar is very dark, almost black. Even the foot is dark.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavor you get immediately at light up is an earthy espresso and lots of it. It quickly settles down into the same earthy espresso, unsweetened dark chocolate, a fig-type sweetness, and light cream notes. There was a nice black pepper rated at an 8. The cigar has sweetness but there are much more dark flavors.
At the first third (22 minutes) you still have a lot of the espresso and dark chocolate notes, which have a tad of sweetness now. Now there is a prune flavor with it's sweetness and a thread of cream. There are also some cedar notes. The finish is mostly unsweetened dark chocolate with a minor amount of cream notes and a below average amount of lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied in strength but tastes like it's higher because of the dark notes. I waited for something to jump out in the first third but it didn't. The flavors are nice but the cigar could use more sweetness. I rated the first third at 87.
At the second third (48 minutes) the cigar went in some different directions. I now had a nice, sweet, somewhat tangy cedar, brown sugar, and some sweetness of raisin. I still had plenty of espresso but not as much as the cigar had in the first third. The dark chocolate has some sweetness now. The cigar is medium to full bodied at this point. The finish is unchanged. For me, the cigar took a turn upward with the nice sweet, tangy cedar. I rated the second third at 89.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 17 minutes. I lost some of the tangy notes on the cedar. It was still there but subdued. The other notes were about the same. I also had the cigar go out. I notice this on the pre-review sample also. I smoke cigars very slowly to get the best flavors and if you do that with this cigar you may experience it going out. The cigar ended medium to full bodied. The finish has a little more sweetness on the dark chocolate and cream. The lingering black pepper is also increased. The raw score for the final third is 88 but with the burn issues I am deducting one point. Making the final third score at 87. This cigar had some nice flavors but not enough sweetness for my tastes.
Overall Score: 87.67
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