Only a couple this weekend.
Alec Bradley Spirit of Cuba Corojo: smoked 24 July 2010; in humi since 14 November 2009. Age unknown. Little to recommend it. Didn’t even bother to finish it.
Partagas Chico: smoked 25 July 2010; in humi since 20 March 2010. Age unknown. Pleasant enough while out in Cardiff Bay. Bit difficult getting it lit in the wind that day!
It was a lovely sunny day and we were off to the park so I thought I’d take along something I hoped to be a bit special. I’d smoked the last Cuban I had available the night before so I thought I’d go for a Cain Habano wrapper (in humi since 1 December 2009). I received this as part of a Cain sampler pack and I’d not got round to ‘sampling’ one yet. From the reception these had received on various websites I was expecting to be surprised by a Non-Cuban.
Construction was pretty good and the Read the rest of this entry »
Started with a Chinchalero Picadillo, in the humidor since 9 August 2009.
This was actually quite nice for a sunny afternoon in the pub! I think I may have to re-evaluate these. Going on the strength of this one, I’d probably get more if they were a bit cheaper. I love the turquoise band too.
Later on, I went for a Romeo y Julieta Cazadore (July 2006; in humi since 27 February 2010). I’d read that these were the strongest Cuban currently in production so I was a certainly intrigued. I’m not a fan of the RyJ Short Churchill or the 2009 LE Duke as they have a floral aspect that I don’t like but people had suggested this wasn’t so noticeable in the Cazadores so I thought I’d give them a try. Others had described them as tasting like Twiglets, which I’d very much agree with. It was strong, but not harsh.
I thought I’d try another NC and this was it. Been in the humidor since 25 November 2009. No idea of age other than that.
Smelt alright and had a good draw. Unfortunately it all went downhill once I lit it. There were chocolate and leather tones, but it was overly harsh for my taste. Burnt well though!
Due to my excessive slackness at posting recently I’m going to put them all in here.
22 March 2010: Partagas Chico (box code unknown). Been in Read the rest of this entry »
Smoked 20 March 2010. Been in humidor since 10 February 2010.
This was received as a taster from a new Indonesian cigar producer, De Giri.
Construction was very good, nice and firm Read the rest of this entry »
I thought I’d give this a go as I’d heard good reports on the seconds ie. indistinguishable from the proper one.
I don’t have a lot to tell you in all honesty. Construction and burn were good, taste wasn’t particularly exciting though. Maybe the next one will be…
OK, so this intrigued me. I’d heard some good reports about this non-Cuban, so I thought I should get round to trying one. Time in humidor unknown as I have three the same from different deliveries, but it should be a month or so minimum.
I think this is the Corojo wrapper but I’m not sure. Out the cellophane, the wrapper smelt Read the rest of this entry »
Smoked Tuesday 5th January. I received this from a chap called George who bought them as the name amused him, and was pleasantly surprised when they were not terrible. I was sent two so will do another review at some point.
Construction seemed good and the pre-light smell was Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been unable to update as often as I’d like recently due to Christmas stuff, so this is just a catch-up post to list what I’ve smoked with any thoughts if I can remember them.
Monday 21st December 2009: Read the rest of this entry »