Overall, the RoMa Craft Intemperance EC XVIII was an excellent performing cigar that started with delicious flavor notes and evolved into a dance of flavors. Though some may not find the bitter notes appealing, I liked how it balanced with the sweetness. The burn was pristine and for the price this is an easy box buy or split to keep in your rotation. I would certainly enjoy this as a morning cigar with a sweet cup of coffee. Intemperance indeed, I need to smoke more!

Score: 92/100

The Intemperance EC XVIII has long been one of my favorite blends from RoMaCraft Tobac, but the Reverence takes it to another level entirely. The core flavors I have come to expect in this blend are all there—cedar, earth, nuts and citrus—but this incarnation is creamier, sweeter and just all-around more distinct than any other vitola I can remember, along with more than enough white pepper on the retrohale to keep the complexity high for the entire smoking time. Then you have the construction, which was virtually flawless for each cigar I smoked—only one sample needed a correction, and the burn line on all three almost never wavered from being straight as an arrow—which was just the topping on the cake. In the end, the Intemperance EC XVIII Reverence blend seems almost perfectly suited for this vitola, and I can’t wait for the stand-alone boxes to show up later this year.

Score: 93/100

The stick is so smooth and buttery that it makes me want to wear my boxers on my head and laugh. The stick finishes with a giant flourish. Giant flavor profile, smooth, balanced, long finish, and not a hint of harshness or heat.