Price: $25.80
Size: 40 x 4.3 (Minuto)
Paired with: Ice Water
Here is another video review for 2007 release of Cohiba Maduro 5 Secretos. These are little great sticks full of dark chocolate flavor. Hope you enjoy this review.
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Price: $21.80 4-Pack
Size: 64 x 4 (Torpedo)
Paired with: Coffee
I am a big fan of Oliva cigars specially Special S and Serie V. This morning I decided to try the new Nub Connecticut 464 and paired it with my morning coffee.
Construction is flawless and it cut really well except a little crack in the cap. Cigar started really nice with medium body and with rich flavors of toasted almonds and a bit of coffee notes coming across. Burn was excellent and the ash held all the way to the end. Closed to the final third cigar became medium to full and all rich flavors with a bit of pepper were coming across. I don’t think aging this cigar will help because they smoke well out of the box and I did not taste any young flavors at all.
I definitely recommend this cigar if you are skeptical of NUb marketing because they have really put allot of time in blending this cigar.
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September 9, Cuba
Powerful Hurricane Ike tore into western Cuba’s tobacco region today, with up to 20 inches of rain on already ravaged tobacco crops, 200 KM per hour wind and evacuation of 1.3 million. First and formost I hope everyone will safely get back to their normal life and secondly I hope the tobacco industry is not hit hard as Cuban cigars are one of the rare authentic and true products that remains in today’s fast paced world.
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This is my first cigar review. I hope it’s not rought. Sorry about the low volume. Please turn on the volumn on your computer to hear me. Hopefully it will be better next time. Enjoy…
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This picture was taken at BMW Toronto as a promotion for Toronto Life magazine which gave us an entry into the random draw of having our picture in the next Toronto Life issue.
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Spring is here and I was more than ready to try out one of my coffins of Partagas Culebras. I brought one to work to share with a friend. We went to get a coffee for our smoke then we untied the Culebras and we each lit ours. First off it is bizzare to hold a smoke such a twisted cigar. Surprisingly there were no draw or burn issues. Very strong for a small cigar, lots of coffee and coco, with a long finish. First third was nice but you could tell it was strong. Second third was the punch with loads of aroma and taste. Last third was good but started to get bitter. This was a nice 20-30 minute smoke and the coffee was great with it.
While walking we got a compliment from a gent walking the oposite direction who said to us “Looks like a nice cigar. You don’t see people smoking cigars any more. Enjoy.” And we did.
Definitely quite the cigar bomb for a small one. I highly recommend trying one.
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I purchased these while on vacation on March 13th 2008 in Margot in St. Marteen at a LCDH. I tried one right away on the cruise ship and was disapointed since it did not burn properly and was canoeing. Something that has never happened to me with any Cohiba.
I knew that these and some other cigars I bought where over humidified since they were way to spongy and some of the other cigars had a bit of white mold on them. White mold is not bad as long as there is not too much. Just brush it off and your done.
Anyhow. I put my Siglo VIs in my humidor with the lid off and it has stayed there for just over a month. I took one out and brought it with me to the cottage for a smoke after a day of hard work. I was relaxing in the shade on a nice chair and lit it. Wow!! It was great!! Very smooth taste, creamy, cofee and coco, typical cohiba. It burned perfectly not a sigal issue. It took me almost one hour to put it down.
That was a great cigar!! I bought these for $420.00 US it is amazing that they retail here for almost $1500.00
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Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill Robusto came out in 2006 and got really famous via cigar aficionado top 25 cigar of the year. The fame forced the production up in 2007 which lead to quality issues during the year. Fortunately by end of the year quality went up again and cigars are now at the level where they should have been. One thing that I noticed was that compared to cigars from June and July 2007 the October cigars were box pressed. Good dark looking wrapper. I have taken some pictures and the right cigar is the new box pressed and the left one is the old one which is not box pressed at all and almost round.
Here is a short video on you tube.
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Bolivar has always been one of my favorites and Bolivar Belicosos Finos is one of the great sizes out of this line. Bolivar Belicosos Finos are pyramids and they come in both dress box (flat) or cabinet selection which I think is better for aging. After filming this video I took the one I show in Video to smoke. Draw was great and I initially got a smooth tobacco flavor with lots of floral notes which I am not a big fan. It feels like smelling soup for me. So I kept puffing away hoping it will fade away and right on the second third it faded away and got replaced with mild coffee and coco taste which was amazing. Some people call this a full body cigar but I think its a medium to full with excellent balance and smooth flavors. I really enjoyed it up to the last third until it got a little harsh which at that point I don’t smoke anymore because every time I do the next day my palette feels irritated.
Here is a short video on YouTube
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Montecristo No. 2 is one of the best Cuban classics and my personal favorite. 2007 was a great year for Montecristo in general and specially No. 2 and if you can, try to stock up on them while they last. Here is a short video on You Tube.
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