WeekendSmoker
09-07-2010, 07:34 PM
I've had a box of these in the bottom of my humi for a couple of years and decided to grab one tonight.
I'm outside on 70ish degree weather joined by a bottle of NZ SB. Very crisp and "green" tasting.
They look very nice. Awesome wrapper and seemingly good construction.
After clipping it tasted like, well, tobacco.
Initially these bad boys had a lot of cedar but over the years that seems to have subsided.
the first inch or so tasted pretty generic,(tobacco) but pleasant. The draw is very easy so far.
I am somewhat conflicted on the draw issue - on the one had easy draw is nice but I sometimes think that it comes at the price of flavor. That could be in my head of course though.
There are some darker notes like leather popping up, but generally it is just a pleasant, easy smoke with not much going on. Quite a contrast to the Boli RC 07 I had earlier.
Half way through. the cedar is starting to be more pronounced.... Nice...
And the "darker" flavors like chocolate and leather as starting to come into play.
It doesn't change though. Very pleasant big, fat tobaco flavors not not - anything unique.
To be fair, I don't think that SB is the right pairing for this. The crispness of a recent Sauvignon Blanc does not work well to this cigar. I'll switch to a much more smokey Islay.
It doesn't really make a difference. The cigar is nice and the aroma is still (beyond the halfway point) very cedar-y, but the depth or flavor simply isn't there.
My buddy has an Upmann EL 2004 and it is is no comparison. The Coronado is plain though pleasant in comparison. Not sure if that is totally fair though.
I'm at the last 2 inches or so. It is starting to get a bit more harsh.
I'm putting it down to have a graceful demise. It got pretty tarry towards the end - not what I was hoping for.
C'est la vie.
WeekendSmoker
I'm outside on 70ish degree weather joined by a bottle of NZ SB. Very crisp and "green" tasting.
They look very nice. Awesome wrapper and seemingly good construction.
After clipping it tasted like, well, tobacco.
Initially these bad boys had a lot of cedar but over the years that seems to have subsided.
the first inch or so tasted pretty generic,(tobacco) but pleasant. The draw is very easy so far.
I am somewhat conflicted on the draw issue - on the one had easy draw is nice but I sometimes think that it comes at the price of flavor. That could be in my head of course though.
There are some darker notes like leather popping up, but generally it is just a pleasant, easy smoke with not much going on. Quite a contrast to the Boli RC 07 I had earlier.
Half way through. the cedar is starting to be more pronounced.... Nice...
And the "darker" flavors like chocolate and leather as starting to come into play.
It doesn't change though. Very pleasant big, fat tobaco flavors not not - anything unique.
To be fair, I don't think that SB is the right pairing for this. The crispness of a recent Sauvignon Blanc does not work well to this cigar. I'll switch to a much more smokey Islay.
It doesn't really make a difference. The cigar is nice and the aroma is still (beyond the halfway point) very cedar-y, but the depth or flavor simply isn't there.
My buddy has an Upmann EL 2004 and it is is no comparison. The Coronado is plain though pleasant in comparison. Not sure if that is totally fair though.
I'm at the last 2 inches or so. It is starting to get a bit more harsh.
I'm putting it down to have a graceful demise. It got pretty tarry towards the end - not what I was hoping for.
C'est la vie.
WeekendSmoker