Triple threat? scared?

Looking for a good maduro I stumbled upon the Cusano 18 Paired Maduro. I later found a box of a larger gauge toro that better fit my smoking preference. Loving both the CAO Brazilia and the CAO MX2 and loving Cusano cigars, I thought this would be a winner for sure!

The Cusano 18 Paired Maduro gordo is a CBLM wrapper, a Brazilian Matafina maduro wrapper and a Dominican Oro wrapper with a San Vincente Olor binder and fillers of Brazilian Matafina Maduro, 18 Year old Dominican Oro and Piloto Dominicano. It was '#1 Rated Cigar' by Cigar Insider in November 2005 and it also received a 89 by Cigar Insider (it probably was not the gordo size!). This cigar pairs three first-class wrappers with a spicy filler.

My cigar was rather spongy and not very densely packed, especially as compared to the robusto size. It actually seemed to smoke faster than the robusto. It seemed spongier than the churchill size as well. The initial taste was pleasant and sweet, before lighting. The spicy ligero dominated the taste, and thereby canceled any advantage gained by having a CBLM wrapper. It was thick and veiny, but nonetheless attractive. I would rather have divided the maduro tobacco and had two cigars, than one. The construction was satisfactory, otherwise. This would have been better with a glass of scotch.

Now for some politically incorrect news:

More twist on mixing two...via NRO and Mark Steyn and The Corner
Queer Tee For The Straight Jew

and via UPI.com
Same-sex Penguin couple split

Maybe sometimes mixes are too much...