Cigar Utopia, My 20th Anniversary Cruise

[edameff]

Yes, much to my wife’s amazement, we made it to our 20th Wedding Anniversary cruise! I have been saving up some of my very best to smoke this week. We are on the “Oasis of the Seas” (the world’s largest cruise ship), and I have brought the following to smoke…Cohiba Gran Reserva (FINALLY!!), Davidoff Dom Perignon 1982, Montecristo #1 1964, Partagas 150 Coronas Grandes (Cuban of course), Cohiba Reserva (2003) Esplendido & Robusto. I am transporting these in my 2006 Montecristo travel humidor, and my 2007 H. Upmann Robusto travel humidor. This will be the closest to cigar utopia I have ever come, and yes, I guess my wife can join me on this journey. I will take photos and give reviews over the course of this week for all of you who would like to come with me.-Emil

[sje]

Badda Bing

[Cohiba007]

Sweet. Have a great trip

[thechenman]

Looking forward to the updates...that is one seriously impressive line up of cigars. Oh...btw...congrats on 20 years. I hope you and your wife enjoy the cruise.

[lemmycaution]

Wow, congratulations and enjoy those cigars. I look forward to your reviews...

[PointSource]

jackpot!!!!!!!!

[bunburyist]

congratulations mate.

Will be interesting to see the 'hit rate' you get from such a stellar line up.

[dicko]

you are a genious, im not spelling 'genius' wrong

[laficion]

That's what I call a great line up of some of the best smokes ever made

Have a great and relaxing time on the cruise and congratulations on your

20th Wedding Anniversary.

[BobLobLaw]

Congrats on 20 years, enjoy the cruise and the cigars. Sounds like you will have a great time, looking forward to the reviews.

[cigarros]

Take my congratulations! Have a great one! Fantastic choice of cigars!

[reg]

wow. congrats doc

[purosdave]

Now that's living! Nothing like kicking back and enjoying a splendid cigar and watching the water go by from horizon to horizon. Congratulations on the first twenty years!

[SandmanTR]

Great cigar selection and CONGRATS on 20 years!!!

[Gumball]

Life is too short to be boring. Enjoy !!!

[samb]

Congrats!!! Enjoy your cruise and smokes! Stay of that cruise zip-line, lol.

[cigcars]

Whoa, Momma!

[Stalebread]

What a great looking line-up of cigars!

Here's to you and your wife having a great time on your 20th.

[Warren]

Congratulations Doc.

Nice selection, I hope they give as much pleasure as the past 20 years.

I actually have a couple of friends on the same cruise from Australia.

If you bump into Malcolm and Amanda Mehan say hi for me.

[MIKA27]

Congratulations on your 20th anniversary Doc.

WOW!

What a great line up of cigars bud, hope you enjoy them and I really look forward to hearing more on your trip and cigar reviews. Have a blast.

[mbrody]

Happy Anniversary! Enjoy those stellar smokes and the cruise!

[El Presidente]

Congrats to both of you

[Mirrorlure7m]

Emil I hope you and Teddie are having a great time I can't wait to hear about the cruise and the cigars .

[edameff]

My first review is of the Partagas 150 Corona Grande:

The anticipation of finally being able to taste the legendary Partagas 150 was palpable. My entire smoking life this cigar has held company only with the likes of the 1492, Eduardo Rivera’s original Cohiba Lancero, the Cuban Davidoff, or the 30th anniversary Cohiba. It may be this tremendous preset expectation that set up this smoke for a disappointment.

The construction was excellent, but over the years the oils had dried out somewhat. On pre-light the taste was deceptively light. I carefully kept the flame ½ inch away from the foot for fear of scorching this precious wrapper, it glowed and then easily lit. The first few puffs surprised me with strong full bodied power; the core was of black pepper and spice, with an easy draw. As the burn continued over the next 45 minutes, there were also some hints of woodiness. The ash was whitish gray; with a surprisingly even burn (I smoked this on my balcony with a 30 knot wind around me). At no point did I taste any sweetness or earthy flavor, the final stage showed some very faint acidic overtones. The smoke volume remained good throughout.

All in all, I had way too much expectation for this cigar, it was very good, but I would not put it in the GREAT category. Take this review with a grain of salt as this was in a windy situation which could have had impact on it. I would rate this smoke a 91.

Next smoke will be the controversial Cohiba Gran Reserva, stay tuned…

[compitaveggie]

Forget the Cigars, Damn those are sexy legs.

Anyways, Congrats on the 20th ani and on all these great cigars.

Jose