ATGroom Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Over the last couple of months I've been doing a bit of a retrospective of the Colección Habanos (book humidors) on my blog. I haven't seen something like this before, so I thought I'd post it here (in summary, to save you all trawling through 15,000 words of my silly anecdotes). Ranked in order of goodness. 2005 Montecristo Maravillas No. 1 Rich, full tobacco, coffee and cream, leather and chocolate towards the end. Absolutely fantastic cigar. So good I smoked it twice. 2008 Cohiba Sublimes Extra Very delicate, light tobacco, grassy, coffee, some cocoa. Supremely elegant. Fantastic cigar. 2006 Trinidad Torre Iznaga Mid strength, earthy, with strong cedar, and roasted chestnuts. Clean new-wallet leather and bean flavours later on. Mediocre burn throughout, but nonetheless a fantastic, relaxing cigar. 2004 Romeo y Julieta Fabulosos No. 6 Mid strength, notes of cream, grass, toffee and green apple, growing earthy toward the end. Great cigar. 2010 Bolívar Gran Belicoso Mid to full tobacco, cut grass, some coffee. A bit rough but extremely pleasant. 2002 Partagás Serie C No. 1 Light to mid strength, pleasant pepper spice, first class tobacco flavour. Very nice. 2003 Hoyo de Monterrey Extravaganza Light tobacco, considerable herbal tang with notes of grass, wood and tree sap. Nutty later on. Very approachable and pleasant cigar for a long, relaxing afternoon. 2009 San Cristobal de Habana O’Reilly Nuts, cedar, quite dry and dusty, lot of grass toward the end. Very mild and totally inoffensive, but not in any way exceptional. 2007 H. Upmann Magnum Especiales Mid tobacco, some sweet spices, cinnamon and nutmeg, and later ginger cookies, all ruined by a strange, soapy aftertaste throughout. Need to smoke this one again: huge potential, and I’d love to see if the soapiness is limited to just this one example. 2001 Cuaba Salomones Burning rubber and chemical notes throughout the first inch, eventually mellowing out to a nondescript grassy flavour before turning to sour tar, this cigar is for display purposes only. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melies Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Thank you, great post! so sad about those Cuabas, maybe the Bariay will do better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafner32 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Some great looking cigars, thanks for the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfall Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Nice Sticks, thanks for the review. "Burning Rubber & Chemicals" - YUMMMY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havanaaddict Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Thanks very cool!!! I have a question were these all smoked with in the last few months or at the time of each release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nem Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Nice summary, but even nicer reviews! The Ramon Allones Gigantes in Paris entry was especially entertaining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor2118 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Thanks very cool!!! I have a question were these all smoked with in the last few months or at the time of each release? Was in the last few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent0341 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Personally I prefer your (full) reviews to any other reviews on the internet without question. While I appreciate (and want) tasting notes the stories they are generally intermingled with make then far more interesting than 1500 words of a puff by puff review. I generally save your reviews for when I am smoking a particularly good cigar and am in a mood to do a little reminiscing of my own. If you haven't checked out Mr Grooms blog it is well worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATGroom Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Was in the last few months. Thanks Trev, Yes, started in April and then one per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Personally I prefer your (full) reviews to any other reviews on the internet without question. While I appreciate (and want) tasting notes the stories they are generally intermingled with make then far more interesting than 1500 words of a puff by puff review. I generally save your reviews for when I am smoking a particularly good cigar and am in a mood to do a little reminiscing of my own. If you haven't checked out Mr Grooms blog it is well worth a read. I second this! Been reading Mr Grooms reviews since back when he was doing Montecristos. It's prob one of my fav cigar blogs on line and I look forward to checking the new posts every Wednesday. Keep up the great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Great review! I have one of these resting for the right moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMWFan Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Great review. I have smoked them all and each was magnificent. The quality of the tobacco used in these is second to none. These were the smoothest and most refined cigars I have smoked since the initial release of the Cohiba 30 piece Reservas from 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostin Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks for a great review! Skickas från min iPhone via Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdC Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 thx for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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