traveldude
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Saint Luis Rey Series A (2001)
CORONA GORDA 5 5/ 8" x 46
The construction was perfect, medium brown, smooth, with only a couple of veins, and a light sheen.
The first draws revealed a light body, good smoke volume, a little bitterness and mild sweet white pepper spice.
Within a few puffs the harshness dissipated, the body became medium and revealed flavors of toasted white pepper, sweet tobacco with a rich cedar finish. The balance of spice was perfect. This cigar had become quite good... Actually excellent. The burn was excellent with a perfect white ash.
The balance and profile did not change throughout the first third of the cigar. As I neared the half way point the body became mild and began to loss most of its sweet spiciness until all that remained was a watered down tobacco and cedar profile. I tried to smoke it slow, and I tried smoking fast to heat it up but with no success. (Heating up the cigar only revived the harshness). Regretfully It was so bland that I finally dropped the cigar with about 1 1/2 inches remaining. The SLR A is truly a great cigar when they are on, but when they are off they are usually completely off.
Has anybody else had a similar experience of smoking a SLR A? What do you think?
CORONA GORDA 5 5/ 8" x 46
The construction was perfect, medium brown, smooth, with only a couple of veins, and a light sheen.
The first draws revealed a light body, good smoke volume, a little bitterness and mild sweet white pepper spice.
Within a few puffs the harshness dissipated, the body became medium and revealed flavors of toasted white pepper, sweet tobacco with a rich cedar finish. The balance of spice was perfect. This cigar had become quite good... Actually excellent. The burn was excellent with a perfect white ash.
The balance and profile did not change throughout the first third of the cigar. As I neared the half way point the body became mild and began to loss most of its sweet spiciness until all that remained was a watered down tobacco and cedar profile. I tried to smoke it slow, and I tried smoking fast to heat it up but with no success. (Heating up the cigar only revived the harshness). Regretfully It was so bland that I finally dropped the cigar with about 1 1/2 inches remaining. The SLR A is truly a great cigar when they are on, but when they are off they are usually completely off.
Has anybody else had a similar experience of smoking a SLR A? What do you think?
