Montecristo no. 1 BOE DIC 18 (49SRW)

[Sir Diggamus]

I had a little more time than usual yesterday for a smoke so I grabbed this no.1 and a cup of Ruby Oolong and settled in with some football for the afternoon. The cigar has a strong box press with nice oily scheen on the wrapper. There was no discernible pre-light aroma. Once I clipped and lit the cigar it started off with the perfect draw and nice coffee flavor with cocoa notes on the finish. 

 

As the first third went on the flavors stayed mostly the same with a mild sweetness growing until the end of the 1/3. 

 

 

The second third saw the coffee note blend with the cocoa to be that "Monte mocha" note present in the marca. A nice cream note develops too and mixes with everything else just fine. The burn and draw was very good, although I kept having to relight the cigar. 

 

 

Into the last third the chocolate flavor gets richer and sweeter and the coffee notes fade away. A cookie/baked good note comes in too, I wanted to call it graham cracker at first but it was definitely something different, maybe shortbread. These notes rearrange with coffee coming back in and out. It is like dessert in the perfect spot, right at the end 

 

 

This cigar was very enjoyable and straightforward in the first half, and much more nuanced and complex in the second half. 

 

91 Points 

[Kaptain Karl]

I have the same box, seems like they're opening up! 

[Connoisseur Kim]

Super cool Lonsdale indeed! I really like the flavor profile of this Montecristo buddy ?