Saturday, August 14, 2010

Hoyo de Monterrey du Maire

Had one of the best wake up weekends of the year. Wild and windy during the night. Storming up something epic. Got out of bed slow. Massive cooked breakfast/lunch. After satisfying the stomach, we got the Bialetti brewing some fresh coffee. Wanting a cigar that wouldn't take the rest of the day to smoke I picked this one from the Humidor. At our home we've got lots of decking (being the top of the rest of the house) but no shelter from the rain. Obviously having a smoke free indoors house the dilemma is, how do you smoke a cigar outside without getting wet. We got these cool sliding windows which I opened to get maximum venting going on. I light up and find the smoke wants to... Anyway, trying to describe the logistics is all too hard. Discovering tastes weren't though. First few puffs not so great. Quite, smoky? Developing into some wood/leather aromas mellowing into a creamy chocolaty sweet cigar. Half way through I got this dominant chilli spice residue on my lips. Was a really nice 25 minutes. Only con I found with this one and the same Hoyo I had a week ago was the wrapper seems a little fragile.

What do yous think? Am I getting somewhere with discerning the tastes?