VUDU Cigars- Dark Secret Revealed

In my search online for a cigar that is new and relatively unknown I came across the dark art of Voodoo- or as Rocky Patel's Tabacalera Villa Cuba, S.A. calls it "VUDU".

Size: 5 x 50
Shape: Robusto
Wrapper: Mexican Maduro
Filler:  Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Strength: Medium to Full
Price: $5.00 online

Using a dark Mexican Maduro wrapper and Nicaraguan filler and binder, Amilcar P. Castro has designed a beautiful cigar brimming with flavor. The pre-light inspection of the VUDU reveals a nice maduro wrapper with only a few noticeable veins and no flaws. The cap takes a clean cut, and the toasting of the foot releases an inviting aroma. The first few draws deliver an earthy base with streams of peppery spice and sweetness that blend smoothly on the pallet.

The second 3rd of the cigar develops these flavors more. The cigar burns nicely through, producing huge clouds of gray smoke. The strength sits at a medium- to full-body, and the cigar produces a nice ash that drops easily on demand. Moving into the final 3rd of the cigar the complexity of the flavored begins to build. Still with the dominant earthy flavor and the threads of spice and sweetness that have been present from the  begining, the cigar begins to add a smoked almond tone and a rich, deep coffee flavor that lingers on the pallet. The conclusion of the cigar adds some faint tastes of coco to the mix, leaving me fully satisfied and pleased with the purchase.

The VUDU is a great cigar that sits nicely in the $5 range, making this an affordable smoke to stock in any humidor.