If there is a highlight for this batch it would be the power of ageing - I have hung on to the ERDM CS, RASS, Monte no.4 from '08-'09 for as long as i can so that i could release them as they start to reach the height of their powers. They are all from good boxes with oily wrappers etc so ageing nicely. Magnificent.
- El Rey Del Mundo - Demi Tasse: you should have tried one of these litl'uns by now. any thoughts?
- Partagas Short: powerful little partagas - beware you will need a large volume of alcohol to accompany this young leathery beast from May 2010 box.
- Montecristo No.4: from late 2009 box so coming of age now. Full of cocoa. Yum.
- Ramon Allones - Specially Selected: Matt and someone else told me they really enjoyed these recently, brilliant whisky cigar from a MAR08 box.
- El Rey del Mundo - Choix Supreme: OCT 09 beauties, i must stress again that they are quite mild and really need a clean palate to be enjoyed.
- Nub 464 Cameroon: that is 4" by 64 ring gauge. it may look small but it is packed full of tobacco - your non-cuban of the batch. Try to make it do a handstand on the ash and get a photo of it with yourself handstanding in the background.
- Partagas 8-9-8 Barnizado: Classic of the habano world. A monumental cigar. These are slightly stronger than your average churchill, i have not tried one yet, from a 2011 box i think - let's see what they're like fresh...
Tried a Partagas 898 with Greg as part of his cigar-drought-breaking festival (at least one cigar a day). From vague memories, it had a nice strong, rich and constantly evolving flavour. Still very young, especially noticeable when it goes through patches of hay-type flavours. These will probably get stronger with age... and have much better potential than the small box from 2005 i bought years and years ago.
ReplyDeleteah so general rule is... if we come into fields of hay and straw or any resembling light and dry tastes in our cigars, there may be time of filling out and getting big muscles?
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