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A few months ago I ordered some cigars from Scotty’s Cigars and one of them was the Paul Stulac Classic Phantom. I had called the store and asked for some interesting singles, and this was one of the ones they suggested. I hadn’t had a Paul Stulac cigar in years,  as a matter of fact, I chose this one because I think the last one I smoked was called the Lord of Albany, and was named for Travis Lord, who is now working with Scotty’s and has been my marketing contact for a few companies over the years. I thought it was somehow appropriate. My mind works in strange ways sometimes. I don’t think I ever met Paul Stulac, a Canadian retailer and brand owner. I remember seeing his booth at the IPCPR many years ago and it was very medieval looking with a lot of black and red, kinda scary. I wasn’t familiar with the brand at the time so I didn’t approach the booth, there were a lot of other places I needed to be. 

The Paul Stulac Classic Phantom is a soft box pressed torpedo measuring 6″ x 53, and comes in natural and maduro, this example was the natural wrapper. The wrapper is an Ecuador Habano, and I believe the binder and fillers to be Nicaraguan. I’ve been using a prototype cigar cutter from my friends at CigarMedics which has three holes, and used the smallest hole to takas as little as possible off of the torpedo tip. More on that cutter later, but it’s pretty cool, but takes some getting used to. The draw was perfect, as was the burn. I put the flavors in the category of woody, with some sweetness and some spice. It was medium bodied, and I have a feeling it came to me with some age, however I have no idea how old it actually was. I b
ase this assumption on the condition of the cellophane, and the performance of
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