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[Raskol]

PSD4 (2016) - 24:24

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[GVan]

RGPC (SOM MAY-17)

Afternoon Parti Short (ASR MAY-18)

[Nino]

Happy camper here today, Christmas came early - received 2 high quality tees and some tasty chocolate sticks - 2x ERDM Choix Supreme 2009,1x 80's MC # 4, 1x Partagas Capitols and 1x Sir Winnie from good old Florida Man Ojos Locos or Crazy Eyes.

Just 3 more weeks and they'll be dessert ?

 

 

[X-Man]

26 minutes ago, nino said:

Happy camper here today, Christmas came early - received 2 high quality tees and some tasty chocolate sticks - 2x ERDM Choix Supreme 2009,1x 80's MC # 4, 1x Partagas Capitols and 1x Sir Winnie from good old Florida Man Ojos Locos or Crazy Eyes.

Just 3 more weeks and they'll be dessert ?

 

 

Nice t shirts. ???? 

[havanaclub]

Media Luna BSM FEB 20


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[Shatner's Bassoon]

Very pleased to show off this early Christmas present from FOH. The cigar sitting on top of it is an OER NOV 19 D4

 

[CampDelta369]

RGPC smoking on point. These have been solid.

[Bijan]

BPC last night.

Propios and BBF from Christmas sampler for review.

[JohnS]

Romeo y Julieta Petit Julietas circa 2019

I like to thank @Luca for gifting me this Romeo y Julieta Petit Julietas, my very first one! I've had a heap of similarly-sized entreactos (30 ring gauge x 100 mm or 3⅞ inches in length) before with the Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo du Maire and El Rey del Mundo Demi Tasse but I can assert this small panatela was very different to the HdM du Maire and ERdM Demi Tasse.

The cigar started out with typical Romeo y Julieta flavours of cocoa and berry fruits but towards the middle it became very herbal, like a mix of grass and mint. It was certainly very different. To say I enjoyed it would be an understatement!

I do feel that one has to be predisposed to Romeo y Julieta as a marca to fully appreciate a cigar like this otherwise it can come off as 'muddled'. If you don't mind RyJ Habanos cigars do yourself a favour and give this a try if you like the intensity of a smaller 20 to 25 minute cigar such as this one.

Romeo y Julieta Cazadores LAT Sep 2017

The Romeo y Julieta Cazadores is known amongst aficionados as an 'old school' Cuban cigar, a throwback to the 1990s when Habanos S.A. produced powerful and robust cigars. It's a 43 ring gauge x 162 mm (or 6⅜ inches in length) lonsdale which should provide a minimum of 90 minutes of smoking time. I'd like to thank @Bijan for allowing me to smoke this three year-old example.

In regards to strength, this was around the medium mark but it was full in body or flavours. It had a combination of cocoa, coffee, Earth, leather and a little bit of salt throughout and stayed that way so it was by no means a complex cigar. In regards to comparing it to other Romeo y Julieta cigars it stands more on its own as it doesn't dominate in berry or fruit flavours like a RyJ Churchill or Exhibicion No.4 would.

Overall, I'd still surmise that this Romeo y Julieta Cazadores was a good cigar but due to its combined Earth and leather flavours I didn't connect with it as strongly as other Romeo y Julieta cigars. I'm grateful for the opportunity to sample it though.

[westg]

Sweet and savoury , a nice little Nub on the water

[Wookie]

Fuerza 2017

[Kaptain Karl]

SOR ENE 20 HQ BBF 
 

Only 2 weeks off the truck. Picked the one that foot exploded in transit, and it’s unreal already. WOW. A lot more sweetness, cream and roasted nut than some BPC’s I’ve had recently. 95 pointer so far! Now another box seems necessary! 

[Chucko8]

It was a cracking night some Shiraz and BHK54 

[BlueRidgeFly]

A little Partagas weekend...

P2 MSU SEP 19 - After reading a review here last week, figured I'd finally try one. Tasted like a piece of lumber, some sweetness in the latter half that alternated with wood. Not very Partagas-y. These will go into the back of the box for a while...

Partagas Short REG JUN 18 - Now that's more like it. These are always really good for me, classic Partagas flavors.

D4 BUP ABR 19 - Another good D4... almost as good as the Short.

[Dynamo320]

San Juan Tubo TSM ENE 19

 

[NicPac]

Yesterday and today. Thanks @Bijan for the Cohiba CE!

[BoliDan]

RyJ belicosos. My lackadaisical approach to reading this made me think it was bell-iz-co. @El Presidente was confused when I said this, and replied, do you mean, "belly-cos-O"? I said, ya ya (slightly embarrased). "Thats what I meant". It's much like ken trying to pronounce por Larranaga and just gives up and says P.L. for me, I'll just rename them in honor of my friend @Connoisseur Kim and call them the donkey-dick vitola. 

 

 

[Connoisseur Kim]

35 minutes ago, BoliDan said:

RyJ belicosos. My lackadaisical approach to reading this made me think it was bell-iz-co. @El Presidente was confused when I said this, and replied, do you mean, "belly-cos-O"? I said, ya ya (slightly embarrased). "Thats what I meant". It's much like ken trying to pronounce por Larranaga and just gives up and says P.L. for me, I'll just rename them in honor of my friend @Connoisseur Kim and call them the donkey-dick vitola. 

 

 

Belicosos and Pyramids exactly look like a dick, so donkey dick fits even more to these vitolas. I bet diademas will be gigantic dildo for sure LOL ?

I really miss ya @BoliDan and hope that I can see ya on Zoom buddy! Been busy for dealing grandma's early cancer BTW.

[Raskol]

C&C time. HDM Le Hoyo De Seco (2018) - 24:24

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[TobaccoRoad]

JL Sel#1 BRO 17- great reading companion

[Meklown]

Plpc

[Paso]

[JohnS]

Montecristo No.3 ESL Ene 2019

I could have sworn I've smoked a Montecristo No.3 in the last four or five years but alas my Cuban Cigar Smoking Diary does not list one from 2016 onwards. I know I had one included in a FoH Coronas/Petit Coronas Sampler I acquired around that time but it's remarkable how time flies by when one reminisces about past smoking ventures!

The Montecristo No.3 is a 42 ring gauge x 142 mm (or 5⅝ inches in length) Coronas. These were much more prevalent in the Habanos regular production catalogue once upon a time but now there are only the Quai d'Orsay Coronas Claro and Romeo y Julieta Cedros de Luxe No.2 available beside the Montecristo No.3. In fact, in the last twenty years seventeen Coronas have been discontinued as can be seen below:

2002 - H.Upmann Coronas, Punch Royal Coronations, Ramon Allones Coronas and Romeo y Julieta Romeo No.1 de Luxe
2006 - Bolivar Coronas, Diplomaticos No.3, El Rey del Mundo Coronas de Luxe, Hoyo de Monterrey Hoyo Corona, Juan Lopez Coronas, Partagas Coronas and Sancho Panza Coronas
2009 - Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo du Roi and Punch Coronas
2010 - Saint Luis Rey Coronas
2012 - Romeo y Julieta Coronas and Vegas Robaina Familiar
2017 - Bolivar Tubos No.1

So, apart from the fact that Coronas-sized cigars just aren't around any more what else may preclude one from acquiring them? May I suggest the fact that the 20% to 25% difference in current pricing between the Montecristo No.3 and No.4 and the Romeo y Julieta Cedros de Luxe No.2 and No.3 perhaps may have something to do with it?

It's a shame really that the Coronas-sized cigar is not valued correctly nowadays as I feel it's both over-priced and under-rated. Even the Cuban Cigar Website smoking ratings attests to this fact. One can see plenty of ratings for the Montecristo No.1, No.2 and No.4 and even a few for the No.5. The No.3 hasn't achieved five ratings to list its flavours, the minimum amount required to acquire a mean score out of five.

So what can we make of all this? In regards to the Montecristo No.3 is it similar to the No.4? In generalised terms, in regards to blending, I would say yes it is related to the No.4 (and No.1) with slight differences in strength. This Montecristo No.3 had a discernible citrus twang, which I've noted in pretty much all the Montecristo cigars I've smoked produced since 2018 to some degree, milk coffee, nut and of course cocoa. In fact, this had more cocoa in it than the UEB '18 Montecristo No.4 varieties I've smoked through in the last 12 to 18 months and was slightly milder than your average Montecristo No.4 but had more body or flavour to it.

I'd like to thank @Bijan for making this review possible. I have another Montecristo No.3 to sample and compare. I aim to do so in the next month or two.

Cohiba Medio Siglo UTL Nov 2019

What is it about the Cohiba Medio Siglo that exudes class when they are superb? I would suggest that it is the balance of honey, biscuit, hay, butter and mocha coffee over an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes. What is about the Cohiba Medio Siglo when they aren't in the outstanding to superlative class? In this case, I would suggest that the balance of flavours is askew, they can smoke 'hot' and are more intense in coffee and spice.

This UTL Nov 2019 Cohiba Medio Siglo was more akin the latter description above. It lacked a buttered texture and softer hay flavours that I enjoy in these and the mocha coffee flavour was much more intense. There was that delightful honey and biscuit flavour at its core which did keep me interested though. As usual, construction was quite sturdy, ash was consistent and the smoke per draw was more voluminous than your typical Cohiba cigar, which necessitates a change in smoking technique to properly savour (i.e. you need to smoke much more slowly).

In the end, this took me sixty minutes to smoke. Despite the amplified coffee and spice I'd still describe this as an 89 to 90 point cigar. However, when they are are balanced with a smooth buttered texture and dominate in honey and biscuit (or cookie dough) flavours they can easily hit the 94 to 95 points height. I humbly hope my next Cohiba Medio Siglo reaches this height!

Romeo y Julieta Exhibicion No.4 ABO Ago 2018

I had three Romeo y Julieta Exhibicion No.4s from this box within three weeks and my Cuban Cigar Website Smoking Diary suggests that it's been seven weeks in-between lighting this fourth one (wow...that long?)! The good news is that this was just as good or even better than the first three I smoked from the box.

Why better? Simply put it's the flavours. This RyJ Exhibicion No.4 had beautiful, softer RyJ flavours of anise, rosewater, cocoa/nutmeg, oat biscuit and a hint of sour cherries. This was the third cigar smoked on a mild Summer's day (the other two being a Montecristo No.3 and a Cohiba Medio Siglo) and this was by far the best.

As Romeo y Julieta is the only Habanos marca to include a regular production Hermosos No.4 (i.e. 48 rg x 127 mm or 5 inches) and a Robustos (i.e. 50 rg x 124 mm or 4⅞ inches) how does the Hermosos No.4-sized RyJ Exhibicion No.4 compare to the Robustos-sized RyJ Short Churchill? In general, the RyJ Short Churchills I've smoked mostly last year had more toasted tobacco, wood and darker chocolate flavours in comparison to the RyJ Exhibicion No.4. For my preferences, I've 'mothballed' my RyJ Short Churchills in the hope of diminishing those aforementioned flavours as I much prefer these 'softer' Romeo y Julieta flavours I've quoted in this review on the Exhibicion No.4.

(N.B. Technically-speaking, both the H.Upmann and Hoyo de Monterrey marcas have a Hermosos No.4 and Robustos option but these marcas include an aged anejados cigar as the second choice.)

[Shatner's Bassoon]

H Upmann Magnum 46

 

[Bijan]

Lusitania for review.