Was gifted a Cuaba Salomones by my father! Opinions!

[Trusty_Patches]

 

This thing looks and smells amazing. What's the experience with this brand for you guys? Hit or miss?I don't know the year of it (forgot to ask)but i Can't wait to try this.

[NSXCIGAR]

These are generally well received. Haven't heard much about recent production and for some reason this isn't a cigar that has a lot of feedback. What feedback there is has generally been good, as I say. 

Recent Distinguidos have been excellent, not that that's much of an indicator but I think you'll likely find it a good smoke and maybe even a great smoke. 

[clickbangdoh]

Have not had a ton of experience with this marca, but just from my personal sampling, this seems to be one that shines in larger formats.

[Danimalia]

Haven't had any, but I'm interested in trying them. Seems like a nice cigar to have a 10er of lying around for when you want something big and out of the ordinary. I know the Distinguidos which is a hair smaller gets a lot of love.

[Ken Gargett]

did you offend him? 

actually, you'll find it interesting. and i'll be interested in your thoughts. of the regular production cuaba, it would be the one i'd choose (i thought the best was the LE they did a while back. 2008?). but i'm not much of a cuaba fan. 

[Habana Mike]

Smoke it and I hope you're amazed! 

While some may be hit or miss, I smoked a Cuaba Diadema at PJ Hajenius on Father's Day in 2011 that was fantastic.

[cigaraholic]

You have a lovely father!

[Riverstyx]

I had one a few months ago.  Great smoke, lots of nutty flavors.

[BrightonCorgi]

Always a hit.  Great fun cigar to smoke.  I like all the larger Cuaba cigars.

[Elvis]

You've got a terrific Dad!

[patrick_harmon44]

Elvis IS alive!

You've got a terrific Dad!

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[nickg999]

I have a box from 2008 and one suggestion I have is to have your perfectdraw ready, or dry box it for about 4-5 days. 

As for flavors, I like it. More mild and nutty with a little fruit. Reminds me of a larger HDM Elegnate with little less sweetness and initial kick. 

[RijkdeGooier]

wrong cigar

[Ken Gargett]

4 hours ago, RijkdeGooier said:

wrong cigar

leaving aside whether this cigar or not, i saw the review you put up. hugely admire the work that went into it and the care - way more than rob and i manage. and i would also note that having done wines for years, i know we all have our own styles, standards, assessments.

so this is not intended as anything critical in any way but i am very curious - you have 15 categories across the three sectors you establish. terrific detail. and each is marked out of five before a final score given out of ten. of the 15 categories, only 3 got a pass and then nothing better than 3/5. the rest all got lower than 50% if you like. now to me, that suggests a cigar that is a complete failure. yet your final score is 9/10. i have to ask, what am i missing here? 

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, Ken Gargett said:

leaving aside whether this cigar or not, i saw the review you put up. hugely admire the work that went into it and the care - way more than rob and i manage. and i would also note that having done wines for years, i know we all have our own styles, standards, assessments.

so this is not intended as anything critical in any way but i am very curious - you have 15 categories across the three sectors you establish. terrific detail. and each is marked out of five before a final score given out of ten. of the 15 categories, only 3 got a pass and then nothing better than 3/5. the rest all got lower than 50% if you like. now to me, that suggests a cigar that is a complete failure. yet your final score is 9/10. i have to ask, what am i missing here? 

or are those scores merely reflecting the strength of each category so a 1/5 means very little of that evident? this would make more sense if that is what is intended. 

[RijkdeGooier]

Dear Ken,

 

Back when I did more reviewing I was also reading the reviews of others and talking a lot to the blenders both Cuban and non-Cuban. Although I really enjoyed the floral prose, there was very little available in terms of actual scoring of the strength of the various flavors. So after speaking to a few of the professionals, I decided to try my hand at actually scoring the presence of each flavor element on a scale of 1-5. So for example Montecristo (depending on the espresso or cappuchino wrapper) I'd expect a score for black coffee taste of 3/5 to 4/5 on that element. Younger cigars wouls invariably exhibit more white pepper, while older cigars would provide more sugars in their taste profile.

The final score reflects my own personal enjoyment of a cigar, heavily influenced towards the flavor side, since I care little about appearence, my smoking style usually ensures good burn and most construction errors can be corrected with a firm hand.

Does this answer your questions?

(they stll can be seen at my FB page at )

 

[Ken Gargett]

18 minutes ago, RijkdeGooier said:

Dear Ken,

 

Back when I did more reviewing I was also reading the reviews of others and talking a lot to the blenders both Cuban and non-Cuban. Although I really enjoyed the floral prose, there was very little available in terms of actual scoring of the strength of the various flavors. So after speaking to a few of the professionals, I decided to try my hand at actually scoring the presence of each flavor element on a scale of 1-5. So for example Montecristo (depending on the espresso or cappuchino wrapper) I'd expect a score for black coffee taste of 3/5 to 4/5 on that element. Younger cigars wouls invariably exhibit more white pepper, while older cigars would provide more sugars in their taste profile.

The final score reflects my own personal enjoyment of a cigar, heavily influenced towards the flavor side, since I care little about appearence, my smoking style usually ensures good burn and most construction errors can be corrected with a firm hand.

Does this answer your questions?

(they stll can be seen at my FB page at )

 

many thanks. it does, and it makes way more sense than my initial interpretation. 

[El Presidente]

20 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

many thanks. it does, and it makes way more sense than my initial interpretation. 

....what have you done with Ken