Had just finished a world-famous Casa Fuente Mojito (mmmmmmmmm goooood!! Thanks for the tip Rod) along with a PSP2. Not wanting to leave quite so soon (Amanda...I would sit in a box of angry hornets to look at her and talk to her for a little longer.....), I decided to light up one of my recently acquired CF Robustos. The young lady inside (this could't be the rude one peope have mentioned, she was quite helpful, if not terribly knowledgeable, and admitted to have only been working with Fuentes for a a few months) let me know that I missed Carlito by just a few days, and then he's coming back for RTDA.
Prelight Draw was a tad loose...not nearly enough to be worrisome, and it correctd itself quickly once lit. The interesting thing pre-light wa a decidedlyu SWEET taste tot he tobacco. ONE TINY BIT SWEETER, and it would have been disturbingly sweet. As it was, it was wonderfully exotic and intriguing. Perhaps the sugar from the second mojito was playnig tricks on my palate? I looked forward to seeing how this sweetness developed.
Well, the kiss of the match danced across the foot quickly and gently, giving a remarkeably even, easy light. One wood match got her going beautifully. There is barely any discernable sweetness in the smoke, only the tineiest hint of it, a mere phantom thought of sweet as opposed to a taste. There is still some in the taste of the wrapper, (WHAT IS THIS WRAPPER????) and rolling the smoke across slightly wet lips infuses the smoke with the sweetness and tastes of the cigar.
Right after lighting, we walked over to some lounge that my co-worker knew to continue smoking and drinking to some live music.
I found this cigar to take very VERY well to "active" cigar smoking, where I tkae definite steps to bring out different feelings, flavors, and senses. Exhaling withthe nose let the flavors "pop" whereas the above mouth-roll let the feelings of them, the "textures" of the smoke and cigar come alive.
The last whisps of smoke leaving either the mouth or the nose have what I can only call a "tight" flavor at the end, it was almost citrus. This, too, may have been the influence of the mojito...the lime was quite pronounced...have I mentioned that I liked the mojitos?
The draw is perfect now, as the cigar matures as the ash approached an inch and a half or so. I notice for the first time how razor straight it's burnign, how perfectly the ash is holding up, and I think to myself that this is, without any doubt, one of the best smoking and constructed cigars I have ever had (not one the best cigars, neccesarily, but the "physical" aspects of the experience were exceptional).
I decide to knock the ash off, and this thing didn't want to break. I have snapped cheap cigars with less force than was required to knowck off the ash.
At about 1 inch left, it started getting bitter, I got ONE puff of a problematic "build-up." As if it knew that it was no longer enjoyable, the cigar went out gracefully on its own.
All in all, a wonderful experience, and one that I look forward to repeating.
I only wish I had room in the traveldor for more than 4 of them to come home with me. On the non-quanitfiable non-objective Josh scale, the Casa Fuente Robusto rated a 8.5/10 Interestingly, though, it rates a 90 out of 100. Nobody I know can explain that seeming mathmatical discrepency.
Prelight Draw was a tad loose...not nearly enough to be worrisome, and it correctd itself quickly once lit. The interesting thing pre-light wa a decidedlyu SWEET taste tot he tobacco. ONE TINY BIT SWEETER, and it would have been disturbingly sweet. As it was, it was wonderfully exotic and intriguing. Perhaps the sugar from the second mojito was playnig tricks on my palate? I looked forward to seeing how this sweetness developed.
Well, the kiss of the match danced across the foot quickly and gently, giving a remarkeably even, easy light. One wood match got her going beautifully. There is barely any discernable sweetness in the smoke, only the tineiest hint of it, a mere phantom thought of sweet as opposed to a taste. There is still some in the taste of the wrapper, (WHAT IS THIS WRAPPER????) and rolling the smoke across slightly wet lips infuses the smoke with the sweetness and tastes of the cigar.
Right after lighting, we walked over to some lounge that my co-worker knew to continue smoking and drinking to some live music.
I found this cigar to take very VERY well to "active" cigar smoking, where I tkae definite steps to bring out different feelings, flavors, and senses. Exhaling withthe nose let the flavors "pop" whereas the above mouth-roll let the feelings of them, the "textures" of the smoke and cigar come alive.
The last whisps of smoke leaving either the mouth or the nose have what I can only call a "tight" flavor at the end, it was almost citrus. This, too, may have been the influence of the mojito...the lime was quite pronounced...have I mentioned that I liked the mojitos?
The draw is perfect now, as the cigar matures as the ash approached an inch and a half or so. I notice for the first time how razor straight it's burnign, how perfectly the ash is holding up, and I think to myself that this is, without any doubt, one of the best smoking and constructed cigars I have ever had (not one the best cigars, neccesarily, but the "physical" aspects of the experience were exceptional).
I decide to knock the ash off, and this thing didn't want to break. I have snapped cheap cigars with less force than was required to knowck off the ash.
At about 1 inch left, it started getting bitter, I got ONE puff of a problematic "build-up." As if it knew that it was no longer enjoyable, the cigar went out gracefully on its own.
All in all, a wonderful experience, and one that I look forward to repeating.
I only wish I had room in the traveldor for more than 4 of them to come home with me. On the non-quanitfiable non-objective Josh scale, the Casa Fuente Robusto rated a 8.5/10 Interestingly, though, it rates a 90 out of 100. Nobody I know can explain that seeming mathmatical discrepency.
But it made me want to start drinking... :0
Actually, it makes me want to drive down to BDL and get on the next plane to Vegas. :0
