Cigar Reviews – Punch Upper Cut (as seen on acigarsmoker.com)

Cigar Reviews – Punch Upper Cut

Wrapper: Ecudorian Sumatra
Binder: Ometepe
Filler: Nicaraguan
Made In: Honduras
Size: 5.2×50 – Robusto
Price: About $7 per single

Recently I did a guest review for Barry over at acigarsmoker.com on the Punch Upper Cut. If you missed it there here it is for your viewing pleasure

Appearance & Construction: The Punch Upper Cut is a nice looking cigar that is covered with an oily reddish brown wrapper. The wrapper has some moderately sized veins to it but nothing out of the norm. The construction seems to be good and only felt one soft spot in the cigar. The band is plain but classy with gold lettering on a dark blue background. There is also a foot band on the Upper Cut that states “Ometepe” which is where the binder from this cigar hails from.

Smoking Characteristics: This Punch has a great draw to it and it produces a satisfactory amount of smoke. The burn is God awful and required a good amount of touch ups. The ash is a nice white color but flowered and flaked everywhere. The body of the cigar is medium to full and the strength surprisingly packed a good punch and yes… I intended the hell out of that pun.

Flavor: The Punch Upper Cut starts out with a nice bouquet of oaky sweetness, coffee, leather, earth and spices. It taste very close to the other Punch cigars I have had but the zesty spiciness is something new. The spice is hard to put into words but it’s like Cool Ranch Doritos had a party with some cinnamon sticks and some red peppers. I know that sounds like a nasty combination but it’s all I could think of at 11:30 at night. Anyway, the flavors remain generally the same between thirds but it is still pretty tasty.

Final Thoughts: Overall I enjoyed this cigar quite a bit. The flavors were interesting and enjoyable; however the burn did suffer quite a bit. Despite the burn I am going to say this cigar is a winner for Punch cigars. Typically I don’t smoke cigars from General or Altadis very much because I find them to be somewhat one dimensional and lack character. This one however, was far from one dimensional and had a lot of character to it. A very nice cigar!