BenW

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First outing with the Ninfa which has been resting for just over 30 days at 70F/65RH. Construction looks on point and the draw is good - maybe just a tad firmer than I'd prefer, but nothing to worry about. Opens with a lovely floral spice and a distinctive fruity sweetness. The aroma coming off the cigar is lovely, would never have guessed this was a NC if it was handed to me blind. The floral aspect has toned down by the end of the 1/3 and has turned into into more clove/all spice. There's a slight, almost synthetic, raspberry/cherry sweetness that's persisted since the beginning, which is something I was not at all expecting after reading from other reviews. Unfortunately the wrapper on this does not want to stay lit, and I'm having to draw far more often than I'd like to on a cigar of such small RG in an attempt to keep it going. Things start to get too hot at the half way point and it becomes a chore to keep this thing properly lit. Time to pitch it. The blend itself seems excellent, just a shame about the burn. Will try smoke another in the next few days as I suspect I've been a little unfortunate with the wrapper on this one.

Gonna go with Siglo IV, just to be different.

RASS maybe

Cohiba Short

A small panetela size with a similar flavour profile to a Hoyo Du Depute would definitely float my boat. Something medium/rich in flavour that never pushes past medium in body. A great breakfast/coffee companion.

Gonna go out on a limb and say Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro

Sancho Panza Sanchos?

RAG

Ramon Allones Superiores

Siglo II maybe

Sounds like an Upmann No.2!

Great review! Got a box of MSU JUL 19 myself, every one so far has been stellar.

Agreed - I've got a box of LGR DIC 17 Principe's, and much like your experience, only about 1 in 5 have been OK. There's a Principe on the bottom row in that box that has to be the worst looking cigar in my collection, awfully underfilled and with a wrapper that reminds me of some old, grey, liver spotted hands. Needless to say, I’m saving it for the next dog rocket review weekend.

I've tried maybe 3 or 4 each of the Coloniales and Reyes so far and each has ranged from bad to just plain average. Probably just bad luck, but given the price of Trinidad nowadays, I'm not so sure I'll be giving either of them another chance to change my mind.