What makes a good cigar a good cigar?

pektel · 09-09-2011, 11:24 AM

I had probably the BEST cigar I've ever smoked last night. It was an 05 PLPC. Such strong flavors of caramel, chocolate, slight spice, little coffee. All the flavors were apparent throughout the cigar. The flavors just took turns being a dominant flavor. no other flavors crept in (that I could tell). No harshness or strong earth into the final third. Just amazing. I don't like the flavors to completely change.

Weird thing was, I had left it in my 5 count herfador in the back of the GF's blazer for 4 days where temps most likely reached 90 degrees at some point each day.

RevSmoke · 09-09-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by pektel

I had probably the BEST cigar I've ever smoked last night. It was an 05 PLPC. Such strong flavors of caramel, chocolate, slight spice, little coffee. All the flavors were apparent throughout the cigar. The flavors just took turns being a dominant flavor. no other flavors crept in (that I could tell). No harshness or strong earth into the final third. Just amazing. I don't like the flavors to completely change.

But change they did, didn't they? That's what I'd call complexity. They mixed it up a bit as it went along - one, then the other, then another, came to the fore.

pektel · 09-09-2011, 11:46 AM

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But change they did, didn't they? That's what I'd call complexity. They mixed it up a bit as it went along - one, then the other, then another, came to the fore.

When I think "change," I think of entirely new flavors. Huh. Learn something new everyday.

RevSmoke · 09-09-2011, 11:51 AM

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But change they did, didn't they? That's what I'd call complexity. They mixed it up a bit as it went along - one, then the other, then another, came to the fore.

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Originally Posted by pektel

When I think "change," I think of entirely new flavors. Huh. Learn something new everyday.

Of course, that's simply my definition. Shilala might disagree completely.

And again, I must restate what is in my tag line. You smoke what your palate likes, and enjoy it. I'll smoke what I like. It may make for interesting conversation, but I am not going to smoke to please your palate, nor should you smoke to please mine.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

shilala · 09-09-2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by pektel

I had probably the BEST cigar I've ever smoked last night. It was an 05 PLPC. Such strong flavors of caramel, chocolate, slight spice, little coffee. All the flavors were apparent throughout the cigar. The flavors just took turns being a dominant flavor. no other flavors crept in (that I could tell). No harshness or strong earth into the final third. Just amazing. I don't like the flavors to completely change.

That's the complexity we're talking about. I really enjoy that, too. Little cigars and long skinnies don't tend to culminate into something greater at the end. They just tend to blow up and turn to crap with about a third left. At least in my palette they do.
I can't think of any cc's off the top that don't offer complexity, at least to a point.
This is why I made this thread specifically about nc's.

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