Montecristo "C" Edicion Limitada 2003
This isn't as much a review as it is a comment (Mods: feel free to re-file this).
Bought a box when they first came out. Kinda pricey ... even for an EL. Smoked a couple - liked them - good, not great, but good.
I remember reading a lot of bad -to- luke warm reviews on this cigar when it first came out. I definately felt like I was in the minority because I did like them a bit. Stashed the box away... thinking that they would age into something even better.
So I lit one up yesterday. I think this is starting to show its promise.
The first quarter of the cigar was good. Mild tobacco and subtle hints of coffee and spicy wood. Good but nothing to write home about.
The second quarter of the cigar was really quite good!... and the reason for the post No subtle hints - outright robust flavors - coffee, cocoa, and some spicy twang. Basically 10-15 minutes of me muttering to myself "boy this is really really good!"
Rest of the cigar was ok. Robust flavors became muddled. Good tobacco coffee flavor still detected. Enjoyable to the nub ... but paled to that second quarter.
So I wondering/hoping that the second quarter of the cigar is a glimpse of things to come? IF the whole cigar ages into what the second quarter was - I will be one happy camper! Will try one again in a couple of months.
Just my $0.02
This isn't as much a review as it is a comment (Mods: feel free to re-file this).
Bought a box when they first came out. Kinda pricey ... even for an EL. Smoked a couple - liked them - good, not great, but good.
I remember reading a lot of bad -to- luke warm reviews on this cigar when it first came out. I definately felt like I was in the minority because I did like them a bit. Stashed the box away... thinking that they would age into something even better.
So I lit one up yesterday. I think this is starting to show its promise.
The first quarter of the cigar was good. Mild tobacco and subtle hints of coffee and spicy wood. Good but nothing to write home about.
The second quarter of the cigar was really quite good!... and the reason for the post No subtle hints - outright robust flavors - coffee, cocoa, and some spicy twang. Basically 10-15 minutes of me muttering to myself "boy this is really really good!"
Rest of the cigar was ok. Robust flavors became muddled. Good tobacco coffee flavor still detected. Enjoyable to the nub ... but paled to that second quarter.
So I wondering/hoping that the second quarter of the cigar is a glimpse of things to come? IF the whole cigar ages into what the second quarter was - I will be one happy camper! Will try one again in a couple of months.
Just my $0.02
