All I can say right off the bat is WoW. Thicker cigars have been the trend coming out of Cuba lately and this cigar will have the largest ring gauge to ever be produced there. It's been said that a 60 ring gauge isn't too far off. This cigar weighs in at 58 x 127 (5") and is not yet available in stores. I had a pre-release unbanded one gifted to me. They call this fireplug a Robusto and it certainly is.
This particular one was dark....but that doesn't mean they'll all be like that. It had a beautifully smooth, veinless, oily wrapper. Hard to the touch with just a hint of give. It was a perfect specimen and without the bands you could really see that. The guy who rolled this cigar did an amazing job.
The pre-light draw gave me nothing but once lit I got a bunch of grass and molasses with a whole bunch of other stuff I couldn't figure out. The draw was absolutely perfect, I was getting huge mouthfuls of smoke. After a few puffs I picked up hints of cedar and a spiciness started to pinch at my tongue. This started out to be a medium to strong cigar. The burn was a bit uneven. By the time I got near the first inch the flavours settled down. It was still a bit sweet....chocolate with the cedar being a more prominent now. The burn straightened itself out and I flicked the ash.
Past the first third and the flavours changed again, now leather and earth were dominant. Near the half the burn had been off so I touched it up with my torch. It settled into a medium body smoke with the flavours not changing very much during the second half. I would pickup hints of cedar now and again but it didn't go through any major changes. It got acrid now and again but once I blew the smoke out it would go away. It did pickup a little strength halfway through the last third but I was able to smoke it to almost the end.
I loved this cigar, they hit a Home Run with this one and it certainly lives up to the Cohiba name. It was a little wet and young, it can certainly can be put away for a couple of years but it smoked pretty good for a young cigar. I'm sure they won't be cheap but if you can afford them buy them and quick. The only thing that will slow the sales is the price tag but they will sell out, especially when word gets out about how good they are.
This particular one was dark....but that doesn't mean they'll all be like that. It had a beautifully smooth, veinless, oily wrapper. Hard to the touch with just a hint of give. It was a perfect specimen and without the bands you could really see that. The guy who rolled this cigar did an amazing job.
The pre-light draw gave me nothing but once lit I got a bunch of grass and molasses with a whole bunch of other stuff I couldn't figure out. The draw was absolutely perfect, I was getting huge mouthfuls of smoke. After a few puffs I picked up hints of cedar and a spiciness started to pinch at my tongue. This started out to be a medium to strong cigar. The burn was a bit uneven. By the time I got near the first inch the flavours settled down. It was still a bit sweet....chocolate with the cedar being a more prominent now. The burn straightened itself out and I flicked the ash.
Past the first third and the flavours changed again, now leather and earth were dominant. Near the half the burn had been off so I touched it up with my torch. It settled into a medium body smoke with the flavours not changing very much during the second half. I would pickup hints of cedar now and again but it didn't go through any major changes. It got acrid now and again but once I blew the smoke out it would go away. It did pickup a little strength halfway through the last third but I was able to smoke it to almost the end.
I loved this cigar, they hit a Home Run with this one and it certainly lives up to the Cohiba name. It was a little wet and young, it can certainly can be put away for a couple of years but it smoked pretty good for a young cigar. I'm sure they won't be cheap but if you can afford them buy them and quick. The only thing that will slow the sales is the price tag but they will sell out, especially when word gets out about how good they are.
That looks like an amazing smoke. Love the size; I'm guess it's about a 90 minute smoke? Hope to try one when they become available. It will be interesting to see how the "production" version compares to this one.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious as well, this one was stupendous. Impeccably rolled.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get my hands on them...... Thanks for the great post/pics; you really made me feel as if I were there��
ReplyDeleteThanks Edward
ReplyDeleteLooks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteIt was better than that nimrod
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