cabaiguan juan
Fucking Pandas
This is one that I have ended up reviewing the last two times I did these review series. I will link the 2021 below for your amusement. I'll also reference back to last years review as I got through this just to see how right or wrong I was in 2021.
1/3: Imagine that you just opened up a bottle of white vinegar and you took your hand and just wafted the top of the open bottle toward your nose. That plus the smell of a musty basement is what I am getting. (2021 Me said "stone ground wheat crackers, pretzel, nutmeg a little graham cracker and white pepper.")
2/3: The flavor has shifted to some unknown type of sweetness with a little bit of acidity in the background. It almost reminds me of putting some sugar overtop of a grapefruit slice but much more muted in terms of actual noticeable flavors. (2021 Me said "milk chocolate & molasses.")
3/3: Again, the flavor made a detour and now I'm getting some bitterness and some wood. Similar to what you smell when you have a smoldering piece of oak. (2021 Me said "vinegar and mushrooms.")
This leads me to believe one of 3 things. First and probably the most accurate, my palate is so refined that I was able to get through the stone ground wheat, the milk chocolate and the mushrooms and detect the extreme nuances of this cigar. Two, whoever sent this to me, switched the bands. Or three, different year, different crop, different flavor. I'll let you be the judge.
1/3: Imagine that you just opened up a bottle of white vinegar and you took your hand and just wafted the top of the open bottle toward your nose. That plus the smell of a musty basement is what I am getting. (2021 Me said "stone ground wheat crackers, pretzel, nutmeg a little graham cracker and white pepper.")
2/3: The flavor has shifted to some unknown type of sweetness with a little bit of acidity in the background. It almost reminds me of putting some sugar overtop of a grapefruit slice but much more muted in terms of actual noticeable flavors. (2021 Me said "milk chocolate & molasses.")
3/3: Again, the flavor made a detour and now I'm getting some bitterness and some wood. Similar to what you smell when you have a smoldering piece of oak. (2021 Me said "vinegar and mushrooms.")
This leads me to believe one of 3 things. First and probably the most accurate, my palate is so refined that I was able to get through the stone ground wheat, the milk chocolate and the mushrooms and detect the extreme nuances of this cigar. Two, whoever sent this to me, switched the bands. Or three, different year, different crop, different flavor. I'll let you be the judge.
2021-15 Quintero Tubulares (unknown year or code)
So I had one or two of these last year, when I was doing this. I remember them being pretty good but rather ugly to look at. After reviewing last years reviews, I decided to not even try to compare notes. Suffice it to say, I enjoyed them last year, but still had mixed feelings. Now that I...
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