2002 Montecristo no. 2
A great BOTL gifted me this cigar to review.*
Nice, light wrapper. *Like the colour of cardboard . *Very thin and delicate. *
Great construction. No soft spots. Nice and firm with a little give.*
Rich, milk chocolate and caramel is what I get when I smell the wrapper. Like a caramilk bar. Getting excited.*
A quick snap of my Palio and we are almost off to the races.*
Vanilla, mocha, and brown sugar with a touch of earthiness off the cold draw.*
Beautiful draw. This is going to be good!
Time to take this to the flame....
First third
Smoke just fills the air upon lighting. *LOVE IT!!! *The smell is intoxicating. Blue smoke everywhere!!!
The draw is effortless. Nice, full pulls from the monte 2.*
Nice, creamy waves of brown sugar, vanilla, a hint of expresso and an even fainter hit of cedar. Delicious!!!! *Time to bring out the Zacapa 23!!!! *
The ash is a Dirty grey. *The burn is a little wonky but that might a user malfunction in the lighting of the cigar. LOL!!
Off to a fantastic start! *Might have to dig out a box from slumber after this to put in the rotation...
Second third
This is a sweet ass cigar!!! *Gorgeous flavour of vanilla wafer, cream, molasses, cocoa, a little hazelnut. Reminds me of vanilla wafer cookie that I used to eat as a kid *with a coffee. LOL
a few leather and earthy notes come out here and there to keep my attention.*
No harshness whatsoever. Pure bliss!
Afterfinish has a nice, clean, pure taste. Lingers forever....
Strength is medium so far. *
Burn line gets wonky once in while and the corrects itself. Still plenty of blue smoke to go around. Very nice! *The ash hangs on forever.*
This is what monte 2s should smoke like!!!!
Final third
This thing got all earthy, leathery on me with some cream, vanilla and dark sugar playing backup!! *A full 180!! *Only lasts for a few, full puffs but keeps things interesting!
Strength is medium still. A nice surprise at the end. *
The Zacapa 23 is going brilliantly with the Monte 2. A nice way to finish the night.*
What a great cigar!!!! *When monte 2s are on, they are brilliant!!! *This one was one of the good ones as they are know to be inconsistent in construction and taste.*
A great BOTL gifted me this cigar to review.*
Nice, light wrapper. *Like the colour of cardboard . *Very thin and delicate. *
Great construction. No soft spots. Nice and firm with a little give.*
Rich, milk chocolate and caramel is what I get when I smell the wrapper. Like a caramilk bar. Getting excited.*
A quick snap of my Palio and we are almost off to the races.*
Vanilla, mocha, and brown sugar with a touch of earthiness off the cold draw.*
Beautiful draw. This is going to be good!
Time to take this to the flame....
First third
Smoke just fills the air upon lighting. *LOVE IT!!! *The smell is intoxicating. Blue smoke everywhere!!!
The draw is effortless. Nice, full pulls from the monte 2.*
Nice, creamy waves of brown sugar, vanilla, a hint of expresso and an even fainter hit of cedar. Delicious!!!! *Time to bring out the Zacapa 23!!!! *
The ash is a Dirty grey. *The burn is a little wonky but that might a user malfunction in the lighting of the cigar. LOL!!
Off to a fantastic start! *Might have to dig out a box from slumber after this to put in the rotation...
Second third
This is a sweet ass cigar!!! *Gorgeous flavour of vanilla wafer, cream, molasses, cocoa, a little hazelnut. Reminds me of vanilla wafer cookie that I used to eat as a kid *with a coffee. LOL
a few leather and earthy notes come out here and there to keep my attention.*
No harshness whatsoever. Pure bliss!
Afterfinish has a nice, clean, pure taste. Lingers forever....
Strength is medium so far. *
Burn line gets wonky once in while and the corrects itself. Still plenty of blue smoke to go around. Very nice! *The ash hangs on forever.*
This is what monte 2s should smoke like!!!!
Final third
This thing got all earthy, leathery on me with some cream, vanilla and dark sugar playing backup!! *A full 180!! *Only lasts for a few, full puffs but keeps things interesting!
Strength is medium still. A nice surprise at the end. *
The Zacapa 23 is going brilliantly with the Monte 2. A nice way to finish the night.*
What a great cigar!!!! *When monte 2s are on, they are brilliant!!! *This one was one of the good ones as they are know to be inconsistent in construction and taste.*
