just arrived Cohiba Pyramide LE

[smokum]

From the Czar....ROA/OCT06....I am trying hard to let these rest. Beautiful cigar..dark wrapper,perfect construction and the smell is intoxicating. Anyone care to comment on how these are smoking ?

[shrink]

» Anyone care to comment on how these are smoking ?

I am going to go out on a limb, and state that these may have the greatest potential of any Cohiba I've ever smoked. They're much too young to show at their best, and a waste to smoke now, IMO. However, in several years, I expect them to attain legendary status.

[Colt45]

Smokum, here are some thoughts I posted in August. I would have just given the link, but the thread

went slightly astray, as they sometimes do.......;-)

Cohiba Pirámide EL ROA OCT 06

I don't know why I went for this one today, as I was not itchy to try one, but I did....

Construction, draw and burn were all exemplary. A glossy, deep brown, subtly mottled, wrapper.

Taste-wise, I'll cut to the chase: For the first half, this one was deep, rich, pure unadulterated tobacco.

Full bodied from start to finish, but just a notch or so under what I would consider strong.

On the draw, not overtly youthful, but the finish was of green wood, though not quite bitter.

At the halfway point, the above remained, but it became much more musty - think heavy

wool socks you wore, got soaking wet, and left balled up in a corner for a few days.

The finish smoothed out some in the second half.

It was a very dense cigar, and I can't help but feel I've committed infanticide, as if I had

drunk a first growth bordeaux immediately upon release. In my mind, I feel this is a real

old time Havana, though I do not have that experience. I'm forgetting I have these.

Impossible to score objectively at this time.

[Mike33]

I had my third one about two weeks ago and was simply amazed at how damn good it was. That box I smoked from also has the same box code. One of my top 5 cigars.....all three have been excellent. Having said that, I won't have another for a year or two.....no doubt they will continue to get even better w/ a little age on them!

[habanohal]

Ive smoked 3 boxes so far. Not a bad one out of the 30 of them. Very flavorful and far worth the money. Have 1 sigle to smoke and 2 more boxes that I am trying to let sit for a few decades :-D

[Sandman]

» Ive smoked 3 boxes so far. Not a bad one out of the 30 of them. Very

» flavorful and far worth the money. Have 1 sigle to smoke and 2 more boxes

» that I am trying to let sit for a few decades :-D

Man, I really wish I hadn't just read this thread.

[BigSlick]

One of the most complex cigars I have ever smoked. Resist for a month and then enjoy the ride. TD

[Claudius]

» From the Czar....ROA/OCT06....I am trying hard to let these rest. Beautiful

» cigar..dark wrapper,perfect construction and the smell is intoxicating.

» Anyone care to comment on how these are smoking ?

I smoked a box when they came out, POS NOV or DIC 06 (can't remember which). They were nothing short of fantastic, with aging potential. I'm letting my boxes sit for a while for now. Are they still available?!

[jdbrown]

» From the Czar....ROA/OCT06....I am trying hard to let these rest. Beautiful

» cigar..dark wrapper,perfect construction and the smell is intoxicating.

» Anyone care to comment on how these are smoking ?

Had one stick from same box code. Agree with other's that they have great long term potential. I am going to save at least one box for several years!

[Ken Gargett]

» From the Czar....ROA/OCT06....I am trying hard to let these rest. Beautiful

» cigar..dark wrapper,perfect construction and the smell is intoxicating.

» Anyone care to comment on how these are smoking ?

as you can see from the repliues, they look like an each way bet. i think they are seriously brilliant cigars and no doubt a great future. the guys in havana (some, at least), give the nod marginally to the 03 DC LE's from cohiba in terms of legendary status down the track but i think the proverbial bee's equipment in it. i agree with shrink. guaranteed legendary status.

[cls515]

» » From the Czar....ROA/OCT06....I am trying hard to let these rest.

» Beautiful

» » cigar..dark wrapper,perfect construction and the smell is intoxicating.

» » Anyone care to comment on how these are smoking ?

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» as you can see from the repliues, they look like an each way bet. i think

» they are seriously brilliant cigars and no doubt a great future. the guys

» in havana (some, at least), give the nod marginally to the 03 DC LE's from

» cohiba in terms of legendary status down the track but i think the

» proverbial bee's equipment in it. i agree with shrink. guaranteed

» legendary status.

Been awhile, but from memory a bit of oak and chocolate, mildly spicy in the beginning which builds slightly then fades away. Really good cigar, you'll enjoy them all now, might as well wait and see how they come along after smoking one tomorrow night!

[El Presidente]

This is one cigar which by 2012 will be regarded as one of the all time greats. I put it on a par with the Cohiba Double Corona Edicion Limitada.

My list of guaranteed Future Legends is fairly limited.

Cohiba Double Corona LE

Cohiba Piramide LE (2006)

Ramon Allones Estupendos