Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Sept-Oct Batch

  • Arturo Fuente Exquisitos Maduro: Great way to taste maduro wrapper over a coffee break
  • Illusione Bombones: Try before breakfast. Call Ambulance. Or enjoy it with an islay malt. Smoke now as they are full of flavours and like many american market cigars will get boring with age. 
  • Montecristo Especiales no.2: is to the Bombones what fairies are to pirates. Smoke on a clean palate after light food e.g. Joel's salad review . Mar'09 box. 
  • Rafael Gonzalez Coronas Extra: another '09 box - as old as the club so a third anniversary special. Waves of ever-changing flavours, complex and reaching maturity as in this review. Mushrooms, cream, cedar etc ... more of a port cigar. 
  • Ramon Allones Specially Selected: the last of our veteran Mar'08 box. Restrained complexity absent the strength of its youth. Pair with light sweet whiskies e.g. i tried mine just recently with a Glendronach (selected after tasting almost a dozen other whiskies ;-). Give it a good send-off.