La Gloria Cubana Medaille d'Or No.1

[bolivr]

A quick and dirty run-down:

The #1 is certainly more of an aficianado smoke, thin ring, not a whole lot of smoke volume as you would expect. It smokes cool and slow. There was not a rough edge to the flavours at all and I think I have agreed with all the other reviews on FoH, there is plenty of flavour and these are on the lighter side like mixed dried peel, kind of semi-sweet like marmalade, and I reckon today there was a flash of aniseed.

The draw was fine which was lucky ( a bit of a lottery since we are talking about '01 when many CCs had draw problems). The burn needed a lot of regular small touch ups with the lighter which was a bit annoying but overall it was a smoke worth persisting with. A bit over an hour and I had only smoked about half the length.

I would recommend these smokes as something a bit different , and to me that is part of the appeal of CCs, the variety. They are a smoke that you feel should be taken when you have the time to appreciate the nuances so they are not a smoke to have casually at a party say but more to enjoy quietly at home. Not a cheap smoke, not an everyday smoke, nice to have on occasion.

Mike

[aavkk]

Hmm... Sounds like the 02's have a bit more to offer. Perhaps though you had just a bad example because all the ones I've smoked have been nothing short of phenomenal and the 1/2 dozen people that have smoked from my boxes have all felt the same as me.

[ksblazer]

My favorite La Gloria in the line up is the No.1

When I want a great cigar on the light-light med range. I go for one of these.

It's a shame that they are now discontinued.