Does this guy ever give up?!?!

[cabaiguan juan]

2022-15 Cohiba Short (unknown year or code) is up!

2022-15 Cohiba Short (unknown year or code)

This is a very flavorful and conveniently sized cigar! 1/3: Vanilla, graham cracker, and wood (maybe hickory?) 2/3: Lots of flavor changes but one of the above flavors is usually present. 3/3: Wood smoke (either hickory or oak). This is such a quick smoking experience that a second one would...

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-16 José L. Piedra Cazadores (unknown year or code) is live!

2022-16 José L. Piedra Cazadores (unknown year or code)

I received 5 of these last July and it has remained untouched until now. It has a toothy wrapper, for what that is worth. 1/3: Hibiscus, chalk (or talcum powder- whatever) and towards the end the sweetness from passion fruit. 2/3: Coco powder, obscure floral notes and some faint mustiness. 3/3...

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-17 Partagas Serie. D No. 4 (BSM October 2021) is up.

2022-17 Partagas Serie. D No. 4 (BSM October 2021)

This cigar comes highly recommended as I'm sure most of you already know. One of the staples when it comes to Cuban robustos. To quote a well regarded member here "another young cigar, but smoking beautifully." 1/3: Pepper and mushrooms. It has been a hot minute since I've tasted mushrooms in...

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-18 Montecristo No 4 (BUM OCT 2014) is up.

2022-18 Montecristo No 4 (BUM OCT 2014)

I have never had one of these. At least that I can recall. So I was very excited to try one as I have heard many folks here talk about the smaller Montie vitolas. 1/3: Lots of espresso and dark charred wood flavors. 2/3: The espresso and wood char have now morphed into the taste you get when...

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-19 Por Larranaga Petit Corona (LGR Sept 2018) and
2022-20 Partagas Short (ALT June 2013) are both up!

2022-19 Por Larranaga Petit Corona (LGR Sept 2018)

I may have had more of these then just about any other Cuban cigar. Which isn't saying much, we are talking maybe 10-ish, but regardless, I've enjoyed every one I've had. Unfortunately for me, I've never bought a box, much less a cab and that is my loss, these days. Also, of every one that I...

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2022-20 Partagas Short (ALT June 2013)

Okay, so I realize this is the third time I've reviewed this size this summer. Sorry. I bet it is different then the last two. Go read those and let me know. 1/3: Musty attic with some pepper on the finish. Not quite black pepper or cayenne so maybe its white pepper? I'm not sure. 2/3...

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-21 Por Larranaga Montecarlo (LGR ABR 2018) is up.

2022-21 Por Larranaga Montecarlo (LGR ABR 2018)

Taking the advice, I sipped this one. It was delicious. 1/3: Vanilla cream frosting. 2/3: Bananas foster. 3/3: Burnt marshmallows. It was dessert in a elegant long thin cigar. Delicious. You can see that I was so in to it, I forgot to take a beginning picture.

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-22 Ramon Allones Specially Selected (TUA OCT 2021)

2022-22 Ramon Allones Specially Selected (TUA OCT 2021)

This is another staple that my Cuban loving friends always seem to have or are looking to buy. 1/3: Cardboard and some brown sugar. The tail end of the first third has some vanilla. 2/3: More cardboard, brown sugar and vanilla. 3/3: Crème Brule. I don't understand why I've been getting...

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[cabaiguan juan]

Folks, thank you for hanging in with me. We are on the home stretch right now. The final 5 cigars are in the dry box. Thank you for your patience, and we are on track to get this thing wrapped up soon!

 

[cabaiguan juan]

2022-23 Custom Roll (2018, no box code) is up!

2022-23 Custom Roll (2018, no box code)

Beautiful cigar, flawless wrapper and nice pig tail at the foot. Why cannot all Cubans look this nice? Seriously? 1/3: Classic Cuban flavor right off the pigtail foot of talcum powder. Very delicate though, like if you take too big of a taste, you'll miss the nuances. Talcum powder has got...

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-24 H. Upmann Royal Robusto LCDH exclusive (LUB MAR 2014) is live!

2022-24 H. Upmann Royal Robusto LCDH exclusive (LUB MAR 2014)

Beautiful construction though the draw was a tad tight. Easily solved for by the PerfecDraw. 1/3: Lightly toasted hazelnut which then transitions to bread and spice before finally settling on tea. 2/3: Tea and vanilla. Then heavily toasted bread. 3/3: Club soda with out the burn from the...

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[smellysell]

Should probably sell the rest at this point. Make a killing.

 

[cabaiguan juan]

Should probably sell the rest at this point. Make a killing.

I would but I won't.

 

[cabaiguan juan]

2022-25 Punch Serie D'oro EL 2013 (LAR MAY 2013) is up.

2022-25 Punch Serie D'oro EL 2013 (LAR MAY 2013)

I'm getting fancy with the last few reviews. It seems weird to say this but maybe it is what just happens with luxury or high end things but I feel that the flavors are more pronounced, the draw is a million times better and the wrappers actually look like they come from wrapper leaf. Call me...

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-26 Ramon Allones Eminencia Exclusivo Suiza 2007 is up.

2022-26 Ramon Allones Eminencia Exclusivo Suiza 2007

1/3: Lemon meringue pie but without the pie crust. Drizzled with amaretto. 2/3: Toasted marshmallows. 3/3: Quaker Oat's Raisins and Spice Instant Oatmeal. Not a whole lot of flavor changes, but some very interesting ones to decipher, never the less.

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[cabaiguan juan]

2022-27 Romeo y Julieta Churchill (1998, unknown box code) is live.

2022-27 Romeo y Julieta Churchill (1998, unknown box code)

The final cigar of this review series. 1/3: Easy draw. Sautéed mushrooms covered in Bragg's Organic Coconut Liquid Aminos Soy-Free Seasoning- which for those of you not in the Know, has a sweet flavor to it. 2/3: Still an earthy flavor and a sweetness but not as pronounced as the first third...

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[cabaiguan juan]

With the above posted review, this years review series is complete. Over the past three years, I have been blessed to have been exposed to an amazing amount of ISOMs and to have the opportunity to review them. There have been a number that I have really enjoyed and would be interested in seeking out. Given the recent production issues and price hikes, I do not know if that will happen, or even the future of this review series. Such is life, you only truly miss something when it is out of your grasp. Never the less, I do want to take a moment and thank everyone who has made this possible over the past three years. If this does become my last review, I feel like i have done it justice and if not, well I'm sure there is plenty more vinegar and talcum powder out there awaiting me. Were ever this goes, do stay tuned as I see a NC review series of some kind in the future.
Thank you all again,
Jon