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[Raskol]

C&C Time. Parti Serie D Especial EL2010 from our host..

C&C Time.. With PLMC (2015) - 24:24

C&C Time.. Connie B (2018) from our host.

 

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[BoliDan]

Gorgeous cigar from @Corylax18. Just a grassy, sweet spice and cream dream of a stick, last third is fantastic. Very Hoyoesqe. And my new cigar stand from @PigFish. beauty CnC with textured metal. Great end to my 40th birthday weekend thanks to FoH. Thanks y'all.

 

[CampDelta369]

Happy 40th @BoliDan! Undercrown Shade is a solid NC. Dickel No.8

Morning Nudie and Cafe Instantane! 

[Jbhunter223]

‘07 petit punch for the drive to my buddy’s house to cook some ribs. Have some more for later!

From earlier. 

[THEMISCHMAN]

MUP JUN 18 Fundadores


ULA MAR 15 Tubos No. 1

MdO2

[CampDelta369]

4 minutes ago, THEMISCHMAN said:

MUP JUN 18 Fundadores


ULA MAR 15 Tubos No. 1

How is the Fundadores smoking?

[THEMISCHMAN]

How is the Fundadores smoking?

I had to finesse this one a little to get the draw to loosen up but otherwise smoking great.

[JohnS]

La Gloria Cubana Invictos 2017 - Edición Regional Italia ARS Dic 2017

The La Gloria Cubana Invictos is the 10th Italian Regional Edition cigar since the Punch Superfinos was released in 2005. It is the first Italian Regional to utilise the La Gloria Cubana marca. Scheduled for release in 2017, the Invictos did not hit the market until March 2019. The one 'positive' to be gained from this delay was the fact that the cigars, which come in 10-count varnished slide lid boxes, were already aged over 12 months when they were made publicly available.

I'd like to thank and acknowledge @Thirds for gifting me this cigar to review, especially since Italian Regionals are difficult to source due to Italy's embargo on exporting tobacco products.

Unlike the Spanish La Gloria Cubana Serie D No.5, the Invictos came out in a more manageable 8800 boxes (or eighty-eight thousand sticks).  Both are Robusto vitolas, with a 50 ring gauge x 124 mm (or 4⅞ inches) length. Demand for this release was high on the back of reputable 'word-of-mouth' feedback, so unlike the LGC Serie D No.5, I envisage that this cigar would be difficult to source at the present time.

How did it compare to the La Gloria Cubana Serie D No.5 or even the regular production La Gloria Cubana Medaille d'Or No.4? In brief, it was very, very different to those two cigars. If you can picture the La Gloria Cubana marca as offering varying complexity in fruit, almond nut, cream, earth, wood, leather and spice, the Medaille d'Or No.4 I would classify as being mainly fruity and woody, the Serie D No.5 as being mainly (almond) nutty and creamy, the Invictos was mainly earth and pepper. However, don't think of it as a relative of the Bolivar Royal Corona or Partagas Serie D No.4, rather the Invictos deserves to stand out on its own.

This cigar is nuanced. The earthiness and pepper was there throughout, but its very mild, not overpowering in any way. At times I detected a dry oak and some dough texture, but overall this cigar is defined by its classy pepper finish that lingers long after you've smoked it. Ash-length, burn and overall construction was quite good, excepting for a half-inch at the end of the second third when I encountered some bunched leaves in the binder and the wrapper resisted burning. I, in turn, resisted correcting the burn and like all cigars that are well rolled with good leaf, this corrected itself. I nubbed the cigar, even though it didn't encapsulate my sweeter-profile preference/s in terms of flavour, it was still quite intriguing to smoke. Yes, I'd happily class this a 70-minute quality smoke.

In comparison to the LGC Serie D No.5, the Invictos is a very different cigar-smoking experience. I like the flavour profile of the Serie D No.5, however; the Invictos is a class above the Serie D No.5 in terms of quality. If you've smoked one I'm confident you'll know what I mean.

[Chibearsv]

18 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

 

I've got to know, how was the GR?  

[Theophilus]

H.Upmann - Connossieur A FEB ‘16

[SigmundChurchill]

32 minutes ago, Chibearsv said:

I've got to know, how was the GR?  

After smoking a SW, if you have ever said to yourself, “Wow, that was the best Sir Winston I have ever smoked.”, that is how this GR tasted to me.

This is what I have experienced with most R/GR’s.  When I buy a box of regular production cigars, there are always a few in the box that really stand out.  With the R/GRs, the whole box tastes like the stand-out cigars of it’s regular production counterpart.

[inter4alia]

An elegant morning smoke. 

[Wookie]

[Ciscojohansson]

Some firsts for me. Bolivar corona gigantes and a LGC LCDH.

 

[Jonboy4074]

ULA JUL 14 BPC

[PigFish]

14 hours ago, BoliDan said:

Gorgeous cigar from @Corylax18. Just a grassy, sweet spice and cream dream of a stick, last third is fantastic. Very Hoyoesqe. And my new cigar stand from @PigFish. beauty CnC with textured metal. Great end to my 40th birthday weekend thanks to FoH. Thanks y'all.

 

Happy Bday matey. -R

[Lotusguy]

From the recent box pass. Nice stick, but not in the same league as the Conde 54 or 109.

[HDGSN]

Romeo y Julieta Romeo No. 2 A/T ATE NOV 17

Paired with a Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA

Cheap and cheerful. Rolled the dice on adding this box to an order and it is proving well worth the $54!

Toasted tobacco and cherry cream with pops of vanilla. Medium bodied.

 

 

[Thirds]

It’s a sit back and enjoy kind of Sunday.  60+ degrees and a banging cigar.  Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend.  

[dcbuss]

[Chucko8]

C&C with our hosts N3. I’m really enjoying it!

Monte 2 from 03 with Sunday sunset 

[BlueRidgeFly]

RASS MSU NOV 18 - Another beautiful day here. The third stick from this box. Pretty good, tasted like coffee cake most of the way. Each one has been better so they are moving the right way.

BCJ MSU JUL 18 - Tried one a couple weeks after arrival in October, metallic and not great. What a difference a few months made -- really nice little cigar ?

[TheCigarslayer]

Had a Opus X Lost Cities at a buddies house. It was predictable as the other's I've had. Not a bad cigar at all but...zero damn complexity. It scores great for flavor but zero complexity. Oh well...gotta burn through the rest of the boxes I have. 

 

Burned my first LGC RE....this took the show today. 

 

[sw15825]

MUR OCT 12. Delish !!!

[SigmundChurchill]

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