I estimate these to be from around the late '50s to early '60s.
Pre-punched, right out of the yellowed cello, this is papery, a little musty. The wrapper is a perfect
cafe con leche color.
Right away some amazing flavors hit; honey, coffee, an underlying creaminess that coats the tongue. This cigar is around fifty or more years old and it was one made to be enjoyed fresh, yet it starts off like a champ and powers through all those years. It is DELIGHTFUL. I roll the flavors around in my mouth and it is unlike anything you can buy now; through the nose, impressions of freshly-sawed, aromatic wood and hints of coffee.
The second half just intensifies and the coffee fades out, leaving delicious flavors of dried currants on a background of wood and smoke.
It's a shame that the world went in a different direction, away from solid little cigars like these at the price point, toward the adjunct-filled crap that these kinds of cigars are today. I'm certainly glad that I can experience this wonderful little time capsules and others like it.
