estoltz
New Member
So I'm getting a box of either. Which should I pick?
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Ashton VSG: Illusion or Corona Gorda
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tigger
gutter-grade asstrash
Illusions are my favorite cigar in the VSG line.
Yep. I'd say the same. The shorter, but identical ring Tres Mystique are my second favorite. These little crackers compare quite favorably to Cohiba Siglo I, Partagas Shorts, and Trinidad Reyes in the compact minutos vitola. A well-aged Illusion reminds me fondly of a well-aged Romeo y Julieta Cazadores. Yum!
Wilkey
bigwhiteash
Binge Responsibly
Illusions are on the top of my VSG list as well!
tigger
gutter-grade asstrash
D'accord, as they say in France.
I'll be consuming the box I have very slowly and hoping that I get less pigheaded about the whole Holt's/Ashton deally before they're gone. Not likely though...
ironpeddler
Ye Old Newbie
So true Professor, if by saying "extracted" you mean to separate taste for our consideration.
The VSG line is one that really made me pay attention to ring size in regards to overall taste, we all know this is true of any cigar, but this blend punched me in the face to figure out where I went wrong in my approach.
I tend to larger ring sizes in a medium to heavy smoke, as a rule, for the controllable burn. I find it's easier for me to figure out the changes in flavor as I smoke through the cigar by controlling the temperature of the smoke by how often I puff, shear heat shuts my palette right down. So after sampling a few sticks, I bought boxes of the Enchantment and the Torpedo. I must say I really didn't enjoy them as much as I thought I would...I had to adjust how I smoked the stick to derive any pleasure out of them. After the initial light up and taste, the whole cigar rushed at me at one time and never really had a chance to change in complexity as I smoked it....too flavorful, too fast....and if it did change, my taste buds weren't functioning correctly to realize it at times. Then a buddy of mine gave me an Illusion and I couldn't believe the difference...I was shocked. I went on to smoke the Tres Mystique and had a similar experience....the smaller ring size really let the cigar build in flavor by demonstrating subtle, slow changes in it's taste from the beginning to the end. The Corona Gorda & Robusto were somewhere in between these two experiences, but once I saw the potential in the Illusion, it was hard to go back. So now I only smoke the Illusion & Tres Mystique in the VSGs.
Now this goes against my steadfast belief in smaller ring sizes in more powerful cigars, less girth will trap tars and nicotine and stays hot once it gets to that point...all of which makes for a less than enjoyable smoke......I guess not, ya' live, ya' learn....classic stuff.
By extracted I mean more prominent, concentrated flavors, so in a sense they are easily detectable, intense. Smoked gently and slowly, even ultra-small ring cigars can stay cool and clean to the very end. For example, I've taken Monte Joyitas and Cohiba Panetelas down to a nub that looked like a 3/8" piece of chopstick and they were still fully enjoyable.
Wilkey
beparrish
Member
Illusion - hands down. This is my favorite non-HTF cigar.
LilBastage
Meat is murder! Tasty, tasty murder.
I like the CG and the Tres Mystique the most of the VSG line. Maybe you should get a 5er of each and then decide. That has saved me many times form buying a box of one size when I ended up really enjoying a different size of the same cigar.