flamchop
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This was my first experience with the 40th Anniversary. I've had my share of '64 and '26 smokes and love them but this is one of two of these 40th's I've had resting in the humidor for almost a year now. On Sunday evening I decided there's no better time than the present to smoke something I'd been saving. Maybe it was just any old Sunday, but sometimes any old Sunday is a great special occasion.
Specs:
Nicaraguan puro
Torpedo 6.0 x 54, box pressed
This is one beautiful cigar. The construction is impeccable. It's actually light in the hand for its size and smells like sweet coffee and leather after it's clipped. Even though these tend to be wrapped super tight, the pre-light draw was very easy, my worries of a plugged cigar quickly faded. The wrapper is a mouth watering dark chocolate brown. Some tooth is present and a considerable vein... but overall a great looking cigar that's a great example of the art of cigar rolling.
I paired this smoke with a Starbucks cold mocha frappucino and some tunes from my iPod playing through my portable Sonic Impact iPod speakers.
After toasting, I immediately got a sour peppery aroma. The first inch or so of this smoke really had me worried. The burn was great and even, but the flavors were all over the place. My heart sank as I thought everything from it being a bad egg to questioning my storage method... too dry? Too wet? Not enough cedar in the vinotemp? Ahhh! I got everything from pepper to spice to stale coffee.
As I continued to relax to the music and sip on my coffee beverage, I took slow measured puffs. I calmed down and so did the cigar. From about the 1 inch point onward to the nub I went through a series of complex flavors. Mostly the creamy coffee almost chocolately flavor I'm used to from the 1926 series, but also hints of leather and fruit. About the halfway point I realized this cigar was smoking as good as any other '26 I've smoked and I was thoroughly enjoying it. I sat on my front porch so long taking my time with this thing that darkness rolled in and I forgot to take the pics I wanted to take for this review! More than an hour and half later I nubbed the sucker as far as I could. I smoked it down further than any other cigar I've smoked. I was very satisfied!
My conclusion is that this was a fantastic and complex smoke. You have to be patient with it as it could start off like a wild bull in a rodeo, but relax and give it about 15 minutes and you'll be in for a treat.
I highly recommend this cigar to anyone. Is it worth stocking up on these @ $25.00 ea.? Probably not... but everyone should smoke at least one or two. I'm sure it won't be long before I grab that second one so I have something to compare it with while this first one is fresh in my mind!
Again sorry I didn't get the greatest pics!
Specs:
Nicaraguan puro
Torpedo 6.0 x 54, box pressed
This is one beautiful cigar. The construction is impeccable. It's actually light in the hand for its size and smells like sweet coffee and leather after it's clipped. Even though these tend to be wrapped super tight, the pre-light draw was very easy, my worries of a plugged cigar quickly faded. The wrapper is a mouth watering dark chocolate brown. Some tooth is present and a considerable vein... but overall a great looking cigar that's a great example of the art of cigar rolling.
I paired this smoke with a Starbucks cold mocha frappucino and some tunes from my iPod playing through my portable Sonic Impact iPod speakers.
After toasting, I immediately got a sour peppery aroma. The first inch or so of this smoke really had me worried. The burn was great and even, but the flavors were all over the place. My heart sank as I thought everything from it being a bad egg to questioning my storage method... too dry? Too wet? Not enough cedar in the vinotemp? Ahhh! I got everything from pepper to spice to stale coffee.
As I continued to relax to the music and sip on my coffee beverage, I took slow measured puffs. I calmed down and so did the cigar. From about the 1 inch point onward to the nub I went through a series of complex flavors. Mostly the creamy coffee almost chocolately flavor I'm used to from the 1926 series, but also hints of leather and fruit. About the halfway point I realized this cigar was smoking as good as any other '26 I've smoked and I was thoroughly enjoying it. I sat on my front porch so long taking my time with this thing that darkness rolled in and I forgot to take the pics I wanted to take for this review! More than an hour and half later I nubbed the sucker as far as I could. I smoked it down further than any other cigar I've smoked. I was very satisfied!
My conclusion is that this was a fantastic and complex smoke. You have to be patient with it as it could start off like a wild bull in a rodeo, but relax and give it about 15 minutes and you'll be in for a treat.
I highly recommend this cigar to anyone. Is it worth stocking up on these @ $25.00 ea.? Probably not... but everyone should smoke at least one or two. I'm sure it won't be long before I grab that second one so I have something to compare it with while this first one is fresh in my mind!
Again sorry I didn't get the greatest pics!
