lordlister
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I acquired these fine smokes 6 months ago, when I realized that I HAD to get my hands on some of them. I forget what led up to this dire search, but I was desperate (It may have been Brickhouse's previous review). It seemed like all the good sources were out of them, and I didn't know where to turn. Fortuitously, I found out that Gabe at Sabor Havana Cigars was quietly sitting on a stash, and I pounced. One week later, a bundle of these beauties landed at my doorstep, meticulously repackaged with love in a Padron 1926 box. I wiped my tears away, and stood in awe. They looked like they were crafted from the hands of the almighty Greek god of torcedors, fresh from the oracle at Delphi. These are what cigars are supposed to look like: bold, phalic, and dripping with oils. Half of these exquisite wonders have already succomed to flame. They have all been consistently phenomenal, and todays example lived up to the quality and consistency of it's siblings.
This cigar is quiet hefty, measuring 7x54. Construction is impacable, firm from head to foot with no detectable soft spots. The wrapper is a gorgeous mahogany colour, with a few bold veins running the length of the cigar, and as oily as a the cylinder head of a 1970's Triumph Bonneville.
Clipped the cap and prelight draw was perfect, with hints of maple and leather. Toasted the foot, and the first few puffs provided an opulent mix of complex, harmonious, intertwining flavours. I could appeciate elements of refined sweet leather with hints of both tart and maraschino cherry. There were subtle hints of hazlenut, reminiscent of Dunkin Donuts hazlenut coffee. Certainly a complex array of flavours, and quite full bodied. The smoke was greyish black, and quite ample yet not overabundant. The ash was rugged, grey and black.
As the cigar progressed, the characteristics remained consistent but changed very subtly. The burn was quite good, but required one touch up. By the second half, the sweetness subsided but remained quite conspicuous. The maraschino was becoming more subdued, more tart. Dry fruit and subdued leather became more and more prominent.
This progression continued to the last third, by which time the strength of the cigar became more and more apparent.
I was content to let the ember die out with about 2cm of the cigar remaining. A very satisfying way to idle away one and a half hours.
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This cigar is quiet hefty, measuring 7x54. Construction is impacable, firm from head to foot with no detectable soft spots. The wrapper is a gorgeous mahogany colour, with a few bold veins running the length of the cigar, and as oily as a the cylinder head of a 1970's Triumph Bonneville.
Clipped the cap and prelight draw was perfect, with hints of maple and leather. Toasted the foot, and the first few puffs provided an opulent mix of complex, harmonious, intertwining flavours. I could appeciate elements of refined sweet leather with hints of both tart and maraschino cherry. There were subtle hints of hazlenut, reminiscent of Dunkin Donuts hazlenut coffee. Certainly a complex array of flavours, and quite full bodied. The smoke was greyish black, and quite ample yet not overabundant. The ash was rugged, grey and black.
As the cigar progressed, the characteristics remained consistent but changed very subtly. The burn was quite good, but required one touch up. By the second half, the sweetness subsided but remained quite conspicuous. The maraschino was becoming more subdued, more tart. Dry fruit and subdued leather became more and more prominent.
This progression continued to the last third, by which time the strength of the cigar became more and more apparent.
I was content to let the ember die out with about 2cm of the cigar remaining. A very satisfying way to idle away one and a half hours.
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