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Ramon Allones Celestiales Finos RE Asia Pacifico
Size – 5 1/3” x 46
Vitola – Perfecto
Quantity – 4,000 boxes of 25 cigars, total quantity released - 100,000
Lighter – Blazer Little Buddy
Cutter – Xikar MTX Scissors
Ashtray – Mini-Hex Single Stogie Ashtray by Mike Asel
Paired drink – None
Meal before smoking – A marvelously marbled 16oz piece of prime rib, lightly smoked and then seared until a perfect medium-rare temperature, topped with freshly fried shoestring onions, alongside a bed of fresh garlic mashed yellow potatoes with horseradish sour cream.
Appearance and construction – Very smooth brown wrapper rolled expertly into the classic perfecto size. The cigar is very soft to the touch with spongy areas throughout the length. This cigar has a small amount of foot damage, and shaped very odd, almost like a box press, but with rounded edges. Something tells me this cigar was vacuumed sealed and frozen to prevent beetles, not by the factory, but by the BoTL I purchased this from.
Prelight – After clipping the cap I noticed a resistance free draw, not what I normally enjoy, but pleasant and manageable. After the third prelight draw, I noticed strong flavors of cinnamon and earth tobacco with a very faint hint of nutmeg.
First third – I immediately noticed this cigar had plentiful amounts of white smoke, I’m guessing due to the loser draw. This smoke paired brilliantly with hints of leather, tobacco, along with very pronounced flavors of cinnamon, followed by something that reminded me of paper, maybe even cardboard. After my second retrohale in a row, I noticed a strong pepper presence combined with a bitter after tone which reminded me very much of a strong coffees aftertaste. The next few minutes of smoking had consistent flavors of sweet spices like cinnamon and nutmeg as well as tobacco and very subtle hints of indistinguishable wood. At this point I noticed a gray ash of medium color, marbled with swirls of dark gray and black. Upon placing the cigar back on the rest the ash fell into the bowl with no added agitation, confirming my original thoughts of slight under filling throughout the cigar.
Second third – As the second third started the cigar had been resting for a moment as I jotting down my thoughts, and as I resumed smoking I noticed a very cool draw paired with a large volume of smoke filled with heavy flavors of fresh warm cream and small hints of cinnamon. After retrohaling again I noticed another strong amount of pepper, which vanished the next few minutes of smoking, but quickly returned as a predominate flavor along with cinnamon and those subtle hints of wood, which I am slowly beginning to recognize as oak and Spanish cedar. As I continue to enjoy this cigar, the cinnamon is being overwhelmed with strong flavors of fresh ground black pepper and wood. Finishing the last bit of this second third, I was pleasantly rewarded with those delicious hints of cinnamon returning and overtaking the strong flavors of black pepper which attacked my taste buds for the last 15 to 20 minutes
Final third – This cigar began to mellow from overpowering flavors of cinnamon, pepper and wood and was replaced by that fresh warm cream flavor that I’ve enjoyed several times with my trips to dairy processing facilities, where I had the pleasure of trying natural unprocessed dairy like our forefathers enjoyed. After removing the bands I noticed a decently sized tear and gash in the wrapper, hiding behind the silver, white and red Regional Edition band, now acting like a carburetor. The ash is barely holding together, with minimal amounts of effort needed for the ash to fall off and into the bowl of the ashtray. After burning passed the small canyon, I noticed the plentiful amounts of smoke returning, along with the original flavors of cinnamon, tobacco and cream. Stopping for just a few moments to feed the dogs, I returned to the cigar and welcomed back by creamy flavored cool smoke, more mild and smooth than I had experienced thus far. Not taking much to heat up, I’m smoking this final third slowly in order not to ruin the flavors and enjoyment I’ve been accustomed to throughout this cigar. I then noticed small hints of tar flavor sneaking its way into my mouth, as well as a small drop of tar forming on the head of the cigar. It’s about time to purge and hopefully burn off this new unwelcome flavor of tar. But not even several purges got rid of the tar, so I clipped off a tiny amount of head and continued smoking. The draw is now more open and free, which produces huge amounts of smoke, to the point of being too overwhelming. After about another 10 minutes of smoking the flavors went downhill being overtaken by hints of charcoal and smolder, this cigar has reached its life expectancy and was laid to rest on a bed of ashes.
Size – 5 1/3” x 46
Vitola – Perfecto
Quantity – 4,000 boxes of 25 cigars, total quantity released - 100,000
Lighter – Blazer Little Buddy
Cutter – Xikar MTX Scissors
Ashtray – Mini-Hex Single Stogie Ashtray by Mike Asel
Paired drink – None
Meal before smoking – A marvelously marbled 16oz piece of prime rib, lightly smoked and then seared until a perfect medium-rare temperature, topped with freshly fried shoestring onions, alongside a bed of fresh garlic mashed yellow potatoes with horseradish sour cream.
Appearance and construction – Very smooth brown wrapper rolled expertly into the classic perfecto size. The cigar is very soft to the touch with spongy areas throughout the length. This cigar has a small amount of foot damage, and shaped very odd, almost like a box press, but with rounded edges. Something tells me this cigar was vacuumed sealed and frozen to prevent beetles, not by the factory, but by the BoTL I purchased this from.
Prelight – After clipping the cap I noticed a resistance free draw, not what I normally enjoy, but pleasant and manageable. After the third prelight draw, I noticed strong flavors of cinnamon and earth tobacco with a very faint hint of nutmeg.
First third – I immediately noticed this cigar had plentiful amounts of white smoke, I’m guessing due to the loser draw. This smoke paired brilliantly with hints of leather, tobacco, along with very pronounced flavors of cinnamon, followed by something that reminded me of paper, maybe even cardboard. After my second retrohale in a row, I noticed a strong pepper presence combined with a bitter after tone which reminded me very much of a strong coffees aftertaste. The next few minutes of smoking had consistent flavors of sweet spices like cinnamon and nutmeg as well as tobacco and very subtle hints of indistinguishable wood. At this point I noticed a gray ash of medium color, marbled with swirls of dark gray and black. Upon placing the cigar back on the rest the ash fell into the bowl with no added agitation, confirming my original thoughts of slight under filling throughout the cigar.
Second third – As the second third started the cigar had been resting for a moment as I jotting down my thoughts, and as I resumed smoking I noticed a very cool draw paired with a large volume of smoke filled with heavy flavors of fresh warm cream and small hints of cinnamon. After retrohaling again I noticed another strong amount of pepper, which vanished the next few minutes of smoking, but quickly returned as a predominate flavor along with cinnamon and those subtle hints of wood, which I am slowly beginning to recognize as oak and Spanish cedar. As I continue to enjoy this cigar, the cinnamon is being overwhelmed with strong flavors of fresh ground black pepper and wood. Finishing the last bit of this second third, I was pleasantly rewarded with those delicious hints of cinnamon returning and overtaking the strong flavors of black pepper which attacked my taste buds for the last 15 to 20 minutes
Final third – This cigar began to mellow from overpowering flavors of cinnamon, pepper and wood and was replaced by that fresh warm cream flavor that I’ve enjoyed several times with my trips to dairy processing facilities, where I had the pleasure of trying natural unprocessed dairy like our forefathers enjoyed. After removing the bands I noticed a decently sized tear and gash in the wrapper, hiding behind the silver, white and red Regional Edition band, now acting like a carburetor. The ash is barely holding together, with minimal amounts of effort needed for the ash to fall off and into the bowl of the ashtray. After burning passed the small canyon, I noticed the plentiful amounts of smoke returning, along with the original flavors of cinnamon, tobacco and cream. Stopping for just a few moments to feed the dogs, I returned to the cigar and welcomed back by creamy flavored cool smoke, more mild and smooth than I had experienced thus far. Not taking much to heat up, I’m smoking this final third slowly in order not to ruin the flavors and enjoyment I’ve been accustomed to throughout this cigar. I then noticed small hints of tar flavor sneaking its way into my mouth, as well as a small drop of tar forming on the head of the cigar. It’s about time to purge and hopefully burn off this new unwelcome flavor of tar. But not even several purges got rid of the tar, so I clipped off a tiny amount of head and continued smoking. The draw is now more open and free, which produces huge amounts of smoke, to the point of being too overwhelming. After about another 10 minutes of smoking the flavors went downhill being overtaken by hints of charcoal and smolder, this cigar has reached its life expectancy and was laid to rest on a bed of ashes.
