Last year Ezra Zion followed up their initial limited edition Tantrum release with the Tantrum PA. The tobacco used for the original Tantrum was limited, so the blend was tweaked for the Tantrum PA, giving it a slightly more mellow profile. This year the Tantrum line was missing from the booth, but I still had one of the original prerelease PAs in my humidor, so I thought I would see how it’s fared after a year. Here’s what I originally had to say about the Tantrum PA: I enjoyed the original Tantrum release, and while the Tantrum PA was a bit different I still enjoyed it as well. The construction was mostly spot on with only minor touch-ups needed a couple times. The profile started out deep and complex, grabbing my interest immediately from the cold draw and keeping it through the end of the second third. Unfortunately the final third got a little mushy in terms of flavors, losing the distinct, separate notes that I was enjoying so much. Even then, the cigar didn’t devolve into something unpleasant, because it was still quite tasty, but the sudden change was cause for slight disappointment. Having said that I can still ...
↧