Montecristo Especial no 2 CRE DIC 05 (SvHC)

[Sir Diggamus]

CIGAR: Montecristo Especial no 2 

DATE: 05/04/20

SIZE: 38 ring x 6 inches

SHAPE: Laguito no.2 

ORIGIN: Cuba

AGE: CRE DIC05 

I think when it comes to sizes the Laguito no.2 and the Corona Gorda are probably my two favorite sizes. I think the Laguito no 2 displays a lot of finesse, and it's long enough to be a great experience of a cigar, and short enough to not need a block of a day to really enjoy it which is the feeling I get when I look at a Laguito no. 1. 

Pre-light aroma is honeysuckle. I enjoyed this with a cup of Yunnan gold tea. 

1/3 Just after lighting I get a flavor I can only describe as "dusty cocoa". It has the Monte cocoa notes but not heavy chocolate, but it shows its age and adds a hint of spice to the mix. A barley note emerges. Smoke production and burn are satisfactory. 

2/3 Its starts with the same dusty cocoa note with the cocoa becoming more pronounced and a hint of sweet current on the finish and retrohale. Lonnngggg dusty cocoa finish. The sweet and cocoa notes are a HIT together. 

The last third begins with the sweet currant note fading and the cocoa note being more pronounced. The sweetness returns in a different way, more graham cracker, and it accompanied by creaminess. SMORES! If I could go back in time...

 

The cigar finished with the cream fading and the hints of currant coming back. It wowed me. 

All in all this was a cigar that proved worthy of the time it spent in my humidor. It was all class and the flavor progressions were just beautiful. 

 

Six out of Six smoke rings. a stellar cigar

[Philc2001]

Great choice for a skinny, one of my favorites.