A Request for the Prez...Montecristo Petit Tubo review.

[The Wise Old owl]

Knowing how you love reviewing a good cigar I hope you might see fit to reflect on the current MonteCristo Petite Tubo... Over the past couple of years I have found them to run the full range of wrapper shades and similar to their bigger brother the MC2 often they are "hit or miss"... How is the current offering?

[winelover]

I have never ever had a bad monte tubos. I don't know whether it's anything to do with EMS, probably not. I absolutely love these. They are great go-to's, when you are out of town, and out of smokes. Montecristo at its best.

Oh - and by the way, El Pres's example, looks exactly like the ones I've had recently. Also great review Rob.

[El Presidente]

I took one from the last box of 6 or so remaining singles. A new shipment shouldn't be too far away.

[Professor Twain]

Thanks for the review, I enjoy tubos, have one large desktop humidor full of them. The Monte Petit Tubo has never failed me. I love giving these to people new to Cuban cigars.

Let's hope your next shipment lives up to the glory of the 06 you reviewed.

[marco polo]

Thanks for the review/pics :-)

[El Presidente]

» Knowing how you love reviewing a good cigar I hope you might see fit to

» reflect on the current MonteCristo Petite Tubo... Over the past couple of

» years I have found them to run the full range of wrapper shades and

» similar to their bigger brother the MC2 often they are "hit or miss"...

» How is the current offering?

Knowing how you love reviewing a good cigar I hope you might see fit to reflect on the current MonteCristo Petite Tubo... Over the past couple of years I have found them to run the full range of wrapper shades and similar to their bigger brother the MC2 often they are "hit or miss"... How is the current offering?

You are right in that the Montecristo Petit Tubos (Montecristo 4 in a can) is a hit and miss cigar. Within any one box you will find wrappers of all colours and construction of all qualities. You get runs of very good boxes but keep in mind we are talking about a cigar package that is purely made for tobacconists to sell to a market which is buying one or two sticks and needs a tube to protect the cigar while it sits in a suit coat at a wedding, the pocket of a fishing shirt, on the dash of the car for a long drive.

Those Monte 4's that do not meet the colour grade for dress boxes are set aside for the treck to become "Tubos".

Now I have also seen boxes of Tubos that are very consistent in wrapper. Here we have a situation where a factory run of Tubos is under way. At the end of the day it is a crapshoot.

I tried an ENE 06 example this morning.

Very good looking Monte Petit Tubo. Very dark for a Montecristo No 4 and you can see how it may have found its way to the land of Tubo.

Nice oily wrapper. Slick to the touch. Construction is good. Just the right amount of spring in the roll. Nice open foot. Aroma at cold is dark, musty and with a noticeable cedar element.

Clipped the cap and the draw is perfect with just the right amount of resistance. Creamy tobacco on the lips.

Fired up the foot and it took no time at all to realise I was back in the house of Montecristo but with a difference. Rich..and I emphasise RICH dark toasted tobacco mixes with cocoa bean and thickened cream. It was fuller in body than any recent Monte 4 I have tried and at least in the opening third pushed the boundaries of "Full". Yet...there is little spice through the nose. No bite on the palate from peppers or savoury spices, no burn't/charred wood ie none of the normal flavour descriptions you would normally associate with a full bodied cigar.

Well into the second third and I did something which normally means a great cigar experience. I stopped, propped back in my rocker and just enjoyed the lush tobacco and chocolate edge flavours just wash over the palate. Remarkably smooth and yet full. Now more medium/full in body but the weight on the palate is hefty and a velvet cream mouthfeel one of the highlights. The ample smoke is dense, white and sweet as if scented with cocoa.

The last third is a mirror image of the second. Remarkable in complexity and smoothness. Seamless flavours delivering the cigar equivalent of a rich chocolate based desert. There are absolutely no harsh edges to this cigar. Not an iota of youth or bitterness right to the very last puff.

Without a doubt one of the finer Petit Corona's I have had this year. Up there with the best of the Punch Royal Seleccion No 12. It reminded me very much of a smoother version of the Cohiba Secretos in flavour profile. A fuller richer version of the Trinidad Reyes.

A solid 92. In a format that has many hit and miss cigars (Tubos) this one was a hell of a winner.

Thank you for the request to try one

[shrink]

Before even reading the review, I took a look at this pic, and thought, "boy, does that look good". A picture's worth a thousand words, eh?

[The Wise Old owl]

ARRrrgghh...

I emailed Lisa to get a box and THEY"RE ALL GONE !!! ROB! I only wanted you to try one, not smoke 'em all !!!

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