Partagas Serie D Number 4 EPM MAY 18 (SM2RW)

[MountainMilG]

PSP example from a quarter box bought here last November.  I'm a big fan of Partagas, although I have many more shorts than D4's usually.  Nice construction, good aroma (I love opening a tupperdor and getting that waft of cedar and cigar).  Typical for me V cut, toast and start the smoke

It starts out fairly sweet, which surprises me.  Not something I often get from Partagas, but I enjoy it.  Short lived, it's just the first third, maybe even a little less.  Probably just the first third.  Adjusts to more typical cedar, wood, spice and a little bit of pepper perhaps.  But about halfway through it got quite harsh and overpowering flavors.  Not awful, at least not until the nub, but certainly the sweetness and lighter flavors totally gone.  This cigar was a journey, you'd have thought it was at least two different ones, maybe three.  Good complex smoke, interesting, overall I'd give it a 89 or 90. 

I still favor shorts, but I'm curious how these will taste in a couple of years.  Guess I'll bury at the back of the storage and let them age and enhance.