This 5.5×46 soft box pressed stick features an oily velvet dark brown wrapper with minimal veins, tight invisible seams, large double cap and rich soapy tobacco aroma.  First light reveals a perfect draw with huge amounts of full bodied extra creamy and smooth rich smoke with flavors of a sweet earth, slight pepper and relatively short clean finish.  The first third burns very well and fairly quickly, not unexpected for a smaller stick.  Flavors are rich and complex with a cordial cherry and milk chocolate quickly followed by a smooth earth, tobacco and slight pepper which carries on the now long full finish.  Ending at 55 minutes flavors only shift at the band point going to a very deep substantial creamy earth with no strength.