Moore and Bode Flamboya'n - Its about a 6x44

Appearance and constuction (13 of 15 points possible)

First is the constuction, a very nicely made cigar with a clean foot, well proportioned cylinder and a nice cubanesque triple cap to go with the flat head. The cigar is nice and firm, with a strangly hued wrapper. Light brown with a green hue best describes the color of this wrapper, it looks kinda dry but has good tooth. The cigar has no band but has a neat little sticker on the back which reads "Moore & Bode Flamboya'n. I think its very unique and different, which is something I like.

Flavor (18 of 25)

The first couple of puffs reveal a dry woodsy smoke, complemeted by spice, leather, pecans, earth and notes of licorice on the tail end. Smoking into the first inch of this cigar reveals a good complexity and ability to change flavors on a dime. The only B!tch is that the flavors are not pronounced enough to really discern alot of them, it could be a bit bolder. The first 1/4 of the cigar is building, the smoke is not as dry anymore but has a nice spicy pepperiness, no overpowering though. The flavor profile at this point consists of cedar, leather, earth and a touch of cocoa on the finish. One thing I notice about this cigar is the ability from puff to puff to go from flavorful and complex to flat and almost bland with just cedary tobacco notes. Alot of just all over the place. At half way the cigar has been and still is a solid medium bodied smoke, however it lost some complexity and richness. At halfway the flavor profile consists of cedary leather, some earth, and a clove type of spice. At almost a third of the way but not quite I pick up a herbal, medicinal quality to the taste not soon to be followed up by hints of ammonia. I laid the cigar down with about two inches left due to overwelming amounts of charcoal, medicinal, and ammonia flavors. The smoke also got hot and acrid on my lips and palate.

Smoking Characteristics (20 of 25 points possible)

The wrapper is very delicate on this cigar. A perfect draw develops mouthfulls of smoke. The aroma is nice with pepper, mesquite, and alot of straight forward tobacco scent. The ash fell off at 1 inch, it was cruchy with the color of charcoal, with alot of black ash mixed in. I was in no ways ruff on this cigar but it developed a crack in the wrapper close to the foot at the half way point. The cigar burned straight for the most part with a couple of wrapper flair ups and splits at the ash but it always corrected themselves and kept a-burnin.

Overall Impression (25 of 35 points possinble)

IMO this cigar was just all over the place and just never developed into anything long enough to savor. I seemed like it was on the brink of breaking out and exploding into a flavor bomb at any moment but just fizzled out. The cigar seemed to be either young or has some underfermeted tobacco in it. To really be fair on this cigar I would havet to aquire another sample and let it settle for at least six months but for some reasone I dont think it would matter. If I was blind folded and just handed this cigar I would probaly guess it to be some new NC Paragas blend. I say this becaus the tobacco just doesnt seem to be of good quality to begin with.

Total Score - 76

I would like to thank J. sprenkal for going above and beyond the call of duty to bring me this smoke at special request. He is truly a standup guy for doing so for me.

Wow Stoge. Good review but I'm sorry the smoke wasn't any better .

What is this cigar? I've never heard of it

PMP has one and is going to review it also.

SH it's a smoke J Spizzy found, check further dowm the list. He had one that was killer, so I asked him to get me one also and he did. What a guy that J Sprizzy is.

Stogemiester and I decided to post separate reviews of the Moore and Bode Dark Flamboyan Bishop. Moore and Bode is a boutique cigar maker. The dark flamboyan is their fuller bodied smoke with a sungrown wrapper. Thanks Jsprenkel for the opportunity to review this.

Appearance and construction 12/15
The shape is nice but the appearance is a little sloppy. This is a corona sized cigar with a perfectly flat cap. Over the cap is a round dark flamboyan sticker in place of the band. The wrapper color is EMS with a dry dusty appearance and a few veins running through. The clip was a little messy but the draw is excellent. The prelight flavor is musty but the aroma is inviting.

Flavor 20/25
The flavor profile starts out with a nice sweet toffee and cinnamon flavor. The smoke volume is immense and the smoke is dry and earthy with a long finish. I am drinking a snifter of Chateau Fontpinot XO cognac which matches very well with this cigar. The toffee and cinnamon flavor reminds me of a PGP in many ways but I also got some raisiny and herbal notes like a young centro fino sungrown. The flavors just about disappeared after the halfway point.

Smoking Characteristics 22/25
The burn was perfect. This smoke got a little harsh and hot toward the end. Its also slightly overpowered IMO.

Overall 31/35
It started out really strong but lost much of the appeal after the halfway point. I think this cigar has amazing potential but it hasn't rested nearly long enough IMO. It is very much like the PGP only slightly stronger. Also like the PGP I think it would have been vastly better after 6 months or so.

Overall 87

I think YOUNG is the general concensus here. I was able to pin down the flavors and enjoy them on the first half but the second half was not very good at all. But I will state for the record that this cigar started out VERY good. Even on the second half I didn't taste any charcoal but it was bitter, grassy, and herbal. Even with the poor performance on the second half I would still consider this better than the majority of whats out there. Which may or may not say much since I regularly smoke only a handful of brands.

LOL, I also seem to have added wrong. The total should have been 85 but I was in such a rush to beat stogie I didn't add them correctly.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Pmpimbura,

The one I had was in my humi for several months. That could have had a lot to do with my enjoyment of it earlier. i picked another up when i got one for Pmp and Stogie, and after these reviews, I'll definitely let this one rest for a while. Thanks for reviewing htese guys!