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Named after Edmundo Dantes, hero of Alexandro Dumas' famous novel "The Count of Montecristo", the Edmundo is the first size to be added to Montecristo's standard range since 1971.
I picked up half a box of these Edmundos in a split buy about 6-9 months back. From what I hear these tend to smoke well when they're young and there is some debate as to how they age. So I hoped that these being stamped in February of 2006 might mean they are in their prime for smoking.
The cigar has a light coffee-colored wrapper and feels fairly light in the hand. It's mostly soft to the touch but up around the band and cap I noticed it was pretty firm. I've smoked a couple from this batch over the months and the draws have been perfect but this worried me. I clipped the cap and the pre-light draw was pretty tight. So I ended up clipping off as much as I could to get some air through. Not much of a pre-light taste. As you can see in one of the pics below the bunching under the cap was very tight and compacted.
I toasted the foot and what air I could get through tasted pretty spicy. I ended up giving it a good poking or two and it loosened up a bit. Very uncharacteristic of this smoke to draw so tight. It has been kept in the Vinotemp at a steady 63-65 degrees at 65% humidity.
It finally opened up after an inch or so and I was greeted with a fairly spicy flavor. The spice and pepper lasted pretty much the whole way down. But around the halfway point some sweet coffee notes appeared, with a little earthy or cedar finish. The best part of the smoke was the last half... where there was much less spice and more sweet coffee, cedar, and good tobacco flavor.
The burn remained perfect throughout, but at about the 2/3 point the wrapper started to crack a little, but it had no impact on the smoke as a whole.
Overall the smoke was more medium than full, but very flavorful. This is still one of the best Montecristos in my opinion, even though I had some draw issues on this one. Based on the 2 or 3 I've had prior to this one I can safely say this is a must have in the humi. It's my opinion that age probably won't have a huge impact on this smoke, and it's best to smoke em up if you got em.
I picked up half a box of these Edmundos in a split buy about 6-9 months back. From what I hear these tend to smoke well when they're young and there is some debate as to how they age. So I hoped that these being stamped in February of 2006 might mean they are in their prime for smoking.
The cigar has a light coffee-colored wrapper and feels fairly light in the hand. It's mostly soft to the touch but up around the band and cap I noticed it was pretty firm. I've smoked a couple from this batch over the months and the draws have been perfect but this worried me. I clipped the cap and the pre-light draw was pretty tight. So I ended up clipping off as much as I could to get some air through. Not much of a pre-light taste. As you can see in one of the pics below the bunching under the cap was very tight and compacted.
I toasted the foot and what air I could get through tasted pretty spicy. I ended up giving it a good poking or two and it loosened up a bit. Very uncharacteristic of this smoke to draw so tight. It has been kept in the Vinotemp at a steady 63-65 degrees at 65% humidity.
It finally opened up after an inch or so and I was greeted with a fairly spicy flavor. The spice and pepper lasted pretty much the whole way down. But around the halfway point some sweet coffee notes appeared, with a little earthy or cedar finish. The best part of the smoke was the last half... where there was much less spice and more sweet coffee, cedar, and good tobacco flavor.
The burn remained perfect throughout, but at about the 2/3 point the wrapper started to crack a little, but it had no impact on the smoke as a whole.
Overall the smoke was more medium than full, but very flavorful. This is still one of the best Montecristos in my opinion, even though I had some draw issues on this one. Based on the 2 or 3 I've had prior to this one I can safely say this is a must have in the humi. It's my opinion that age probably won't have a huge impact on this smoke, and it's best to smoke em up if you got em.
I stuck with it for about an inch but could not take it any more. It got tossed in the dirt!!! I am very surprized for sure!
The other half of that box is smoking exceptionally well too! 
Maybe there's something to be said about smoking these guys when they're young!