Madurolover's Great Blind Tasting

bobarian · 12-09-2008, 01:14 AM

As promised the second cigar was fired up this evening. Blindly pulled #5 out of the bag, a nice approx 4 3/4 x 50 robusto. Dark natural wrapper, had one minor vein running the length of the cigar. Perfect prelight draw with just a bit of resistance. A bit of sweetness came through prelight.

At first I was thinking Pepin based upon the wrapper and construction. But when I fired it up none of the Pepin spice and pepper was noticed. Nice toasty flavors, but I am having trouble placing any specific flavors. My palate may be a bit shot after yesterday's herf. Ash was more gray than the white I usually find in a Nic puro and this was too smooth to be Nic. Not the heaviness of a Honduran either. Did I pull another Cuban? As the cigar progressed through the first half, the nice toasty flavor continued. Too full bodied for a Dominican, so I am solidifying my guess as Cuban. It didnt have the layers of gray and white that I usually get from a Partagas or Boli and it was not quite as full as I usually find those marca's. It's the semi large vein that has me puzzled. But the toasty flavors and smoothness on the nose exhale that has me convinced it is from my favorite island in the Caribbean.

Second half continued with large amounts of nicely aromatic smoke. Still just tasting toasty goodness. No harshness or off flavors. This was a very good cigar. The dark wrapper and vein are making me wonder which marca this could be. The toasty flavors remind me of VR, but I dont think so because of the wrapper. My guess is this is a Juan Lopez #2. Another fine cigar, I can only hope the remaining sticks are as good as the first two I have smoked.

12-09-2008, 01:14 AM	#2
bobarian Cranky Habanophile Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wine Country Posts: 8,869 Trading: (51)	Re: Madurolover's Great Blind Tasting As promised the second cigar was fired up this evening. Blindly pulled #5 out of the bag, a nice approx 4 3/4 x 50 robusto. Dark natural wrapper, had one minor vein running the length of the cigar. Perfect prelight draw with just a bit of resistance. A bit of sweetness came through prelight. At first I was thinking Pepin based upon the wrapper and construction. But when I fired it up none of the Pepin spice and pepper was noticed. Nice toasty flavors, but I am having trouble placing any specific flavors. My palate may be a bit shot after yesterday's herf. Ash was more gray than the white I usually find in a Nic puro and this was too smooth to be Nic. Not the heaviness of a Honduran either. Did I pull another Cuban? As the cigar progressed through the first half, the nice toasty flavor continued. Too full bodied for a Dominican, so I am solidifying my guess as Cuban. It didnt have the layers of gray and white that I usually get from a Partagas or Boli and it was not quite as full as I usually find those marca's. It's the semi large vein that has me puzzled. But the toasty flavors and smoothness on the nose exhale that has me convinced it is from my favorite island in the Caribbean. Second half continued with large amounts of nicely aromatic smoke. Still just tasting toasty goodness. No harshness or off flavors. This was a very good cigar. The dark wrapper and vein are making me wonder which marca this could be. The toasty flavors remind me of VR, but I dont think so because of the wrapper. My guess is this is a Juan Lopez #2. Another fine cigar, I can only hope the remaining sticks are as good as the first two I have smoked.