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Easter Bunny Batch
- Arturo Fuente Exquisitos Maduro
- CAO Mx2 or CAO Cameroon: both good for a long coffee break, a mixture of non-cuban tobaccos (the cameroon one has a cameroon wrapper of course)
- Ortega Serie D no.7 (robusto): Mexican wrapper from San Andres (info on a few types of non-cuban maduro wrappers) with Nicaraguan filler and binder. Apparently smooth and medium-bodied, slightly sweet with a touch of spice.
- Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Corojo (robusto): Nicaraguan and Honduran filler and binder with a Honduran corojo wrapper. Corojo is a type of tobacco that was used in most cubans from the '30s to '90s (until more disease resistant hybrids were developed), and has its own particular flavour as you will see. This is a mellow sweet creamy cigar.
- Romeo y Julieta Petit Coronas: RyJs are in the top 3 habanos in quantity, that means quality is a lot more variable, fortunately this box was selected for us. Have that touch of cherry/coffee grinds that marks them out from any other cuban. Mar'12 box but these PCs are already ready to smoke - satisfying and unmistakeably RyJ.
just crackin into the Ortega Serie D no.7, sheltered from the incessant rain, with john coltrane et al playing "in a sentimental mood". Nice thick velvety smoke, which surely must be one of the best characteristics of nicaraguan filler tobacco. Meaty and spicy ... an intriguing mix of paprika and allspice... medium-bodied but getting heavier. Not particularly sweet, which is good in this case. Would suit something heavy like rum or whisky. I doubt it will change much except to get stronger, so will leave it at that...
ReplyDeletep.s. re-reading the comment above, i should say that i am enjoying it - it is a good cigar!
ReplyDeleteRe: Sam and the CAO, if the one you smoked had a colorado claro wrapper [=light or Vanilla Ice] it was a CAO Cameroon, if it was maduro [50cent] it was the CAO Mx2. I tried both to see what to buy more of (if any) and the Cameroon was run of the mill vanilla sweet but the Mx2 was quite rich and complex for a little fella. Its meatiness reminded me a little bit of the secretos so it won the day and i got some more. Interesting cigar too:
ReplyDelete"Designed for the 'seasoned' cigar smoker, CAO MX2 premium cigars (Maduro times 2) use TWO aged Maduro wrappers with a rich, complex and seductively smooth blend that combines the best tobaccos from six different countries. The outer wrapper is a well-fermented Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro, while the inner wrapper (the binder) is a zesty Brazilian Maduro leaf. They surround a sweet and spicy mix of exquisite tobaccos from Nicaragua, Honduras, Peru and the Dominican Republic. One of CAO's BEST!"