Ashton VSG Tres Mystique
Origin: Dominican Republic
Size: 4.38 X 44
Wrapper: Ecuador VSG

From TBS-Cigars:
Ashton cigars are manufactured without compromise, blending six tobaccos: Dominican filler and Dominican-grown, Cuban-seed binder leaves with perfect shade-grown wrapper leaves from the Connecticut Valley. The maduro wrappers are longer-aged Connecticut Broadleaf. The Ashton Cabinet cigars are known to be some of the creamiest cigars on the market.

Reviewed by: MrChef
Date: July 2006
Notes:

Holy Shit! What a cigar! Eric Turner of TBS-Cigars had said that this little baby was a "Powerhouse" he way understated it. This thing flat out kicked my ass! In fact I was working on this site while smoking it and I had such a buzz I had to just sit back and relax while I finished it.

Yes it is a small stick but man it is just packed with flavor. It's strong so you guys that like a nice easy going cigar can move on. Now if you like a real "give me all you've got" cigar, keep reading.

This thing was solid as a rock but the draw was smooth and easy, not in a wimpy kind of way though. I had to draw on it but it gave up the smoke. Thick, rich, creamy blue smoke. Needless to say the ash was also solid and bright white.

The flavor was incredible, it was strong dirt, tobacco and spice. The interesting thing was that as strong as this thing was the finish was very smooth, no bad after taste.

The bummer was that it only lasted about 20 minutes and even after I had put it down for what I thought was the last time, I kept trying to get a hit off of it even when it was less that half an inch long. If I'd had a roach clip I'd have kept smoking it.

These things are not cheap but I'll tell ya, they are worth every penny.