Mark Twain
Call me Ishmael.
My very first vitola from the Hoyo brand just happened to come from a cab made in 1998. :laugh: What a treat. I was worried when I first cracked the cab and noticed just how fugly the cigars looked. :whistling: Many cigars on the top row had numerous spots of dark green tobacco that didn’t age. Luckily for me this didn’t seem to affect the smoking experience.
I smelled spice coming off the foot of the cigar along with a rich smell of Cuban tobacco. :love:
I used my Xikar cutter to just score the head and flip the cap off to find a little divot staring at me. The cigar light easily and drew evenly throughout the smoke.
The initial taste was a very full-bodied creaminess with a core of roasted coffee. The smoke was surprisingly thick and strong for such a small cigar.
The ash is layered with ribs. Just beautiful consistency.
I noticed some wonderful complexity twenty minutes into the cigar. The core of roasted coffee began a delicate, yet noticeable shift toward a heavy soil with undertones of leather left on the finish. The creaminess never seemed to fade, even as the cigar shifted to a more full-bodied smoke toward the end.
I found this to be the most enjoyable Petit Corona, sorry. . . Almuerzo, that I’ve smoked to date. Simply a delight. I can only wonder why they were discontinued. ???
