25-40mn smoke.
Size: Ninfa
Length 17.8cm Ring gauge 33.
Strength: Medium-bodied
Drink match: anything light. cafe creme.
Box date unknown.
Brand History:
The story begain in 1974 when the newly elected President of the French republic, Valéry Giscard d' Estaing, convoked his Minister of Economy and told him that he was very interested in creating a new cigar for the French market. The President said,"France is known the world over for its Perfumes,its Champagne, its Foies Gras, its Haute Couture, but nothing in the field of tobacco". In short, he asked that work would start on creating a new cigar for France made in Cuba.
Together with the help of friends at "Cubatabaco" in Cuba, they started to develop the Ligas that would make up the blend of this new cigar that Belaubre called, Quai d 'Orsay, after the name of the street where the Ministry of Foreign affairs is located in Paris. Quai d' Orsay was now
ready to join the very select club of Cuban cigar brand names that were not of cuban origin, along with Dunhill and Davidoff. The success of Quai d'Orsay was such that Seita and Cubatabaco
extended the brand in other small niche markets around the world. Since 1992,with the end of the Cuban brands Davidoff and Dunhill, Quai d' Orsay is the only brand left in Cuba with a non- Cuban name. Quai d' Orsay has a uniquely medium taste with its characteristic notes of honey, nutmeg and hints of café cream and leather.
I dreamt about this one and have been planning to smoke it with Candice but haven't quite got there. Amazing what a French cigar can do to a Clint impersonator. Scott can that photo still go in the hall of fame?
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