Siglo IV - Johnny-O! WOAH

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Here to review the Siglo IV from John. EL series. Man what a great cigar, let’s jump in: https://ibb.co/bKGKPd7

Appearance/smell/dry draw/feel: all so outstanding as you can see; this looks just gorgeous as could be. Construction is perfect, firm but just right. Smells sweet, graham cracker foot with a hay/citrus on the dry draw with cedar in the background for sure.

First third: Bang!! Sweet honey, huge cream and graham cracker notes with a coffee and cedar way back there, faintly. Citrus apparent on the exhale and even bolder on the retro. I get an amazing combo of honey, hay and cream up front with the aftertaste of graham crackers.

2/3: the honey is there and it’s almost fruity! Flavors begin to get slightly bolder with the cedar making it’s official introduction with toasted marshmallow as a sidekick! All the beautiful nuances of honey, hay, sweet cream and graham crackers are alive and well with that citrus twang on the finish. Aftertaste is BARNYARDY!

Final third: never even gets close to going out, perfect dime size burn the entire time way down.  Not too bold but coffee/cream and cedar and dominating right now, front to back. I like this too as it separates itself from
The first 66% of the cigar. This one’s slightly young as many of John’s cigars come fresh so as the final third turns to nub, we get a bit bitter and I bail when that happens.

Overall I give this cigar an 8.8/10. The aging potential is insane on these and with a year on John’s cigars you’d shit yourself on how addicting these get!! Stock up fam, if you don’t know - now you know!

[NeedaBehike]

Grabbing a bundle because of this review. What else would you recommend? There's so many damn choices! Are the Victoria and the Majestuosos worth the hefty price tag? My fave reg production is probably the lancero if that helps but I already snagged some of those. Been smoking for quite a few years now but I'm completely new to the custom farm roll game. Thanks!

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Grabbing a bundle because of this review. What else would you recommend? There's so many damn choices! Are the Victoria and the Majestuosos worth the hefty price tag? My fave reg production is probably the lancero if that helps but I already snagged some of those. Been smoking for quite a few years now but I'm completely new to the custom farm roll game. Thanks!
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These are leagues ahead of other customs. Sad to say they are hardly reminiscent of customs. They smoke and the construction is of definite superior quality.

I’m not a hike BHK fan, not my favorite profile but this couldn’t NOT be a BHK 52 - as true to style as it gets. So if you like that size, it’s definitely going to please you. Esplendidio by far to me are the best, Lancero and Siglo IV. The VI is great, it’s creamier and more mild than the IV, I just like the IV vitola better.

With just 1 year on these they blow away so many larger production cigars. I’m still just scratching my head everytime I smoke one. By the way, the Topes he has - 10/10. Give those a bit of time and you will be so happy you got the last of his ten pack! Such a steal!