Cigar: Cuesta Rey 1884 Maduro
Origin: Dominican Republic
Length: 6.75
Ring: 44
Strength: Medium
Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Shape: Parejo
Purchased: Gift
When: August 25, 2009, 2:25 p.m.
Where: Man cave
Environment: Sunny, breezy, 90 degrees
Beverage: Bottled water
Lighter: Wooden matches
Cut: V-cut
Pre-light: Dark veiny wrapper, sweet to the taste. This is the first Cuesta Rey I've ever had, to the best of my knowledge.
First Inch: Initial flavors are sweet and creamy. Wonderful aroma off the wrapper - that precious incense of the Caribbean gods.
First Half: This stogie is soooooo smooth! There's a real overt creamy, sweet coffee and cocoa. Just what you'd expect from a really good maduro, magnified. Just amazingly mellow.
Last Half: Lots of mellow coffee. Long, sweet finish. Did not want to lay this one down!
This stick is the proverbial perfect maduro smoke. Great to enjoy on a fine summer afternoon talking with a friend about theology and philosophy and business. Which is exactly how I enjoyed it. I love to gaze through that hazy blue curtain of smoke and watch the wheels turning round and round in the mind of someone I've just dropped a philosophical bomb on. I love it even more when they don't call me names but instead find themselves agreeing with me, at least in theory.
Origin: Dominican Republic
Length: 6.75
Ring: 44
Strength: Medium
Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Shape: Parejo
Purchased: Gift
When: August 25, 2009, 2:25 p.m.
Where: Man cave
Environment: Sunny, breezy, 90 degrees
Beverage: Bottled water
Lighter: Wooden matches
Cut: V-cut
Pre-light: Dark veiny wrapper, sweet to the taste. This is the first Cuesta Rey I've ever had, to the best of my knowledge.
First Inch: Initial flavors are sweet and creamy. Wonderful aroma off the wrapper - that precious incense of the Caribbean gods.
First Half: This stogie is soooooo smooth! There's a real overt creamy, sweet coffee and cocoa. Just what you'd expect from a really good maduro, magnified. Just amazingly mellow.
Last Half: Lots of mellow coffee. Long, sweet finish. Did not want to lay this one down!
This stick is the proverbial perfect maduro smoke. Great to enjoy on a fine summer afternoon talking with a friend about theology and philosophy and business. Which is exactly how I enjoyed it. I love to gaze through that hazy blue curtain of smoke and watch the wheels turning round and round in the mind of someone I've just dropped a philosophical bomb on. I love it even more when they don't call me names but instead find themselves agreeing with me, at least in theory.
5 comments:
i hope there is a good woman out there who likes this sooner fan.
Sounds good. The cigar and the conversation!
I know you'd have loved it, Davy! Both the cigar and the conversation.
Love the review and pics.
Great pics! I'll have to take your word on the cigar.
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