Bolivar Petit Corona. FSCRC

[ayedfy]

Busy festive period means I’m settling in for my first Christmas cigar on day 5. Still 7 days of Christmas left folks - let’s keep this party going!

Bolivar Petit Corona. 42x5.125. Year unknown, single purchased mid-late 2022.

Opening third: rich complexity right off the bat. Savoury Yorkshire pudding, sweetened espresso, hint of passionfruit tart, and a soft tropical fruit note (mango just entering ripeness). There’s much more going on than written but I received a phone call that put my tasting on hold. Draw is very easy, although burn needs a few corrections.

Middle third: the toasted bread-like note becoming more prominent amongst the smorgasbord here; transforming from the Yorkshire pudding to something like a buttery, brioche French toast. Brief lull in body down to medium around halfway, quite possibly user error and/or environmental factors since the cigar went out around this point and needed a relight. Dry wood and leathery notes gradually enter and move forward, tempering (and occasionally masking) some of that earlier sweet/savoury profile.

Final third: creaminess developing as we head into the final act. There's a gentle revival of the sweetness from fruit (the passionfruit again) and a new burnt caramel character, but the cream feels distinct from that, more of a luscious dollop of double cream. Leather and wood have dropped off now, and the body has kicked back to full. Finishing on a savoury character I picked up at the beginning, initially hard to place but this time taking shape as salted beer nuts. 

I’ve had a number of Bolivars in the past, but this is the first Boli PC I’ve had, and I get the hype. More satisfying that my experiences of the regular production larger format Bolivars. A strong contender for my next box purchase; very pleasant smoke, and still lasted over an hour.

91/100

[SCgarman]

 Wow. You must be an English man. Yorkshire pudding? Not something we Americans are familiar with! Interesting tasting notes and descriptions. While I have smoked many and have a box in my cabinet my tasting notes are much more simplistic. Nice review. I find them much more flavorful on the younger side. My 12 year old box has started to fizzle out and become bland.

[JohnS]

4 hours ago, SCgarman said:

 Wow. You must be an English man. Yorkshire pudding? Not something we Americans are familiar with!

Close. Definitely Australian! 😂

[14eyes]

Classic bolivar flavor, nice little cigar. I think I would prefer a reyes or h upmann half corona though