Zedman05
Fiend4theLeaf
Canonazos from Hotel Conde de Villanueva
6.25x52
Start: 9 pm
Finish: 11:10
Prelight: sweet tobacco, barnyard.
Draw: 6/10 a bit deliberate, but not snug yet
Initial impressions on lighting:
Sweet, creamy, light straw flavour, buttery almost vanilla like sweetness. Hints of honey.
Medium bodied, mild-medium strength.
First third:
Very smooth creamy smoke. Able to retro hale the entire amount. The honey/buttery sweetness is dominant, with a slight drying affect on the palate....I guess I will have to drink more....bummer.
Second third:
Same as above, but the strength has gone up to medium. A roasted tobacco flavour has crept in allowing the sweetness to be still dominate but not overpower. Honey, graham cracker, and that slight roasted tobacco are filling the palate. This is what is meant by medium/mild bodied but full flavour. I don't get a huge mouthful of smoke, but retain all the benefits of a massive room-filling cloud of smoke (LP T52). Keeps me coming back for more, to the point that I need to hold myself back to keep it from getting too warm.
Has the darkest, dirtiest grey ash. I was told that these cigars have a 5 year aged wrapper...who really knows.
Final third:
Sweetness is starting to back down.
Roasted almonds start to come into the background, honey flavour is still there, and the graham cracker has turned roasty-toasty too. This is where the cigar really starts to shine...even though I have fallen in love from first puff already.
I hate to add in the term spice as in mostly denotes a sharp flavour on initial reading, but these cigars add in a gingerbread-like tingle in the last 1.5 inches. I tend to get that from the Hoyo EE and that beautiful little Upmann half corona.
Retrohaling later into this smoke produces a lot more power than in the previous portion of this cigar. Nasal cavities take a good hit if too much smoke is expelled. There has been not much difference in flavours throughout the entire cigar between retrohale and normal smoke-through-the-mouth.
The dryness has continued throughout, but it has been completely manageable with a moderate amount of liquids.
Summary:
I know a bunch of people like ratings with numbers, as I happen to be one of them, and some don't, so brace yourself if you are of the latter persuasion. I think these will age extremely well over the next couple years as they are delicious as purchased. The only thing I worry about is aging out as these start in the lower end of strength and only build to a nice medium, but who really knows. I am another person who prefers these medium strength, full flavoured, medium bodied cigars, so finding these was a special treat for me.
Not much change from start to finish, but anyone who has had Pardons will agree that you don't need a ton of change to get a complex, distinct cigar. The flavours were there, never dropped off, and satiated.
Burn was good for the most part, had to purge a couple times to keep wrapper straight.
Rating:
94 - search these out if you can. Age some, smoke some, be happy!
: Z^
6.25x52
Start: 9 pm
Finish: 11:10
Prelight: sweet tobacco, barnyard.
Draw: 6/10 a bit deliberate, but not snug yet
Initial impressions on lighting:
Sweet, creamy, light straw flavour, buttery almost vanilla like sweetness. Hints of honey.
Medium bodied, mild-medium strength.
First third:
Very smooth creamy smoke. Able to retro hale the entire amount. The honey/buttery sweetness is dominant, with a slight drying affect on the palate....I guess I will have to drink more....bummer.
Second third:
Same as above, but the strength has gone up to medium. A roasted tobacco flavour has crept in allowing the sweetness to be still dominate but not overpower. Honey, graham cracker, and that slight roasted tobacco are filling the palate. This is what is meant by medium/mild bodied but full flavour. I don't get a huge mouthful of smoke, but retain all the benefits of a massive room-filling cloud of smoke (LP T52). Keeps me coming back for more, to the point that I need to hold myself back to keep it from getting too warm.
Has the darkest, dirtiest grey ash. I was told that these cigars have a 5 year aged wrapper...who really knows.
Final third:
Sweetness is starting to back down.
Roasted almonds start to come into the background, honey flavour is still there, and the graham cracker has turned roasty-toasty too. This is where the cigar really starts to shine...even though I have fallen in love from first puff already.
I hate to add in the term spice as in mostly denotes a sharp flavour on initial reading, but these cigars add in a gingerbread-like tingle in the last 1.5 inches. I tend to get that from the Hoyo EE and that beautiful little Upmann half corona.
Retrohaling later into this smoke produces a lot more power than in the previous portion of this cigar. Nasal cavities take a good hit if too much smoke is expelled. There has been not much difference in flavours throughout the entire cigar between retrohale and normal smoke-through-the-mouth.
The dryness has continued throughout, but it has been completely manageable with a moderate amount of liquids.
Summary:
I know a bunch of people like ratings with numbers, as I happen to be one of them, and some don't, so brace yourself if you are of the latter persuasion. I think these will age extremely well over the next couple years as they are delicious as purchased. The only thing I worry about is aging out as these start in the lower end of strength and only build to a nice medium, but who really knows. I am another person who prefers these medium strength, full flavoured, medium bodied cigars, so finding these was a special treat for me.
Not much change from start to finish, but anyone who has had Pardons will agree that you don't need a ton of change to get a complex, distinct cigar. The flavours were there, never dropped off, and satiated.
Burn was good for the most part, had to purge a couple times to keep wrapper straight.
Rating:
94 - search these out if you can. Age some, smoke some, be happy!
: Z^
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