Solid Smoke Not My Favorite

Cigar Reviewed: Perdomo 10th Anniversary Maduro

Smoked at: Home

Decent smoke overall but I felt personally it had a strong unpleasant charred taste at the initial onset even though I don't believe I charred the foot. After about an inch or so of the cigar had been smoked, I finally started getting some good flavor. I thought there was a very distinct wooded flavor within the smoke as I rolled it in my mouth. However, upon releasing the smoke, I noticed alot of the spice that I had heard about. If I licked my lips after drawing on the cigar, I noticed that strong stinging tinge of pepper which I'm still not sure if I liked or not. The final third of the cigar was my favorite, I could really feel a strong flavor punch at the end which culminated with a very light bittersweet chocolate note.. overall good cigar but just not my favorite.