H. Upmann Upmann No. 2 (49NRW)

[Thatsze]

Got these as a sixer courtesy of our hosts here. This one is the last of the batch, and as looks would have it, probably the finest of the batch. A dark wrapper with plenty of sheen, and some fine bunching around the foot

The draw was perfect, no knots or anything. Flavor wise the cigar provides coffee notes with slight pepper and an underlying bread sweetness. It reminds me of a partagas without the bell pepper or slight sourness. 

Little evolution occurs from the first to second third. The notes are perfectly fine, but I don't particularly like this cigar, it's a little boring

This is about where I call it. It's a little cold out and while the cigar is perfectly fine, excellent even, I just dont particularly care for the profile. I leave it about half finished out of boredom.

 

6/10, the cigar itself had no issues, I'm just not a fan of the vitola. I dont think I'd buy Upmann 2s again. I hope the brand has more interesting profiles to offer. It was, dare I say, a boring, but good smoke.

[SCgarman]

I would tend to think if you used a double edged guillotine cutter and straight cut a good 1/4 inch off that taper that your flavors from that cigar would have been much more enjoyable. I have an LUB14 box and they are a fine stick, albeit larger than my preferred format. Still one of the best #2 

[ChangBang]

Did you just bite the tip ?

What was the box date on it?  Were the other 5 about the same as this one?

[Thatsze]

4 hours ago, ChangBang said:

Did you just bite the tip ?

What was the box date on it?  Were the other 5 about the same as this one?

I've been using a kitchen knife to cut off the wrapper ?. Not sure what the box date is, but yes this one was about the same

[ChangBang]

That's a shame, I have one that I got off those pyramid sampler packs and want to make sure I smoke it at the right time