MiamiCubano
El Martillo (My Boxing Name)
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Specimen: Davidoff Millennium Blend
Specs:
Robusto
5 X 50
Filler: DR
Binder: DR
Wrapper: Ecuador
In Coral Gables again for lunch. Dined outdoors on what was, earlier this afternoon anyway, an absolutely gorgeous day. Just a few white clouds, striking blue sky, temps in the low 80's. As I type this though, there are now some passing t-storms moving in now; overcast.
Anyway....Lunch consisted of an exquisite lobster ravioli, in a delicious tomato-cream gravy. Accompanying it was a perhaps even more exquisite 2003 Chateau Souverain Winemaker's Reserve Merlot. The wine was delicious. Tastes of fruits...some berry, with some earthiness that goes along with it as well. Very sweet, but also has a bit of spice to it. Outstanding wine. After that meal, reclined in the early afternoon sun with the rest of the merlot and pulled out this Davidoff Robusto.
What was special about this particular Davidoff was that it came from a box that I've been letting sleep comfortably for the past six years or so. So it has some nice age to it. Just holding this cigar feels like you're holding a work of art. Absolutely impeccable craftsmanship. Deep cocoa color and a scent like heaven.
Clip the cap with scissors, toast, light...ready to go. Immediatlely the taste is delicious. Has a taste of coffee, of cedar and a bit of leather. Above all it has a simply excellent tobacco taste. Draw is flawless, smoke is absolutely bountiful. Damn this is a good cigar. So smooth. Before I realize it, the bottle of merlot is draining and I'm holding this stick with a roughly three inch ash. Ash was a whitish grey and held as steadfast as could be. About this more than halfway through time, the cigar starts to take a sweeter tone. Kind of like a deep, dark cocoa flavor. Delicious still. The age on this baby has treated it well and it's matured to even more of an excellent cigar than which it started. Smoke this baby to the nub, finish off the bottle of Merlot and just soak in some more of the afternoon. Then had to head back to here to South Beach to get a few goods together before heading south to my place in the Keys for a weekend of deep sea fishing.
This is one damn fine cigar. Scale wise, I'd call it a medium bodied or, perhaps more specifically, on the lighter end of the full-bodied spectrum. No powerhouse, that's for sure. But rather an expertly, impeccably crafted cigar which obviously harbors among the finest tobacco in the DR and Ecuador.
These cigars are, generally, equally as appealing in their youth, so I would definitely recommend these babies. The roughly six years of hibernation however, served this box of sticks beautifully.
Specs:
Robusto
5 X 50
Filler: DR
Binder: DR
Wrapper: Ecuador
In Coral Gables again for lunch. Dined outdoors on what was, earlier this afternoon anyway, an absolutely gorgeous day. Just a few white clouds, striking blue sky, temps in the low 80's. As I type this though, there are now some passing t-storms moving in now; overcast.
Anyway....Lunch consisted of an exquisite lobster ravioli, in a delicious tomato-cream gravy. Accompanying it was a perhaps even more exquisite 2003 Chateau Souverain Winemaker's Reserve Merlot. The wine was delicious. Tastes of fruits...some berry, with some earthiness that goes along with it as well. Very sweet, but also has a bit of spice to it. Outstanding wine. After that meal, reclined in the early afternoon sun with the rest of the merlot and pulled out this Davidoff Robusto.
What was special about this particular Davidoff was that it came from a box that I've been letting sleep comfortably for the past six years or so. So it has some nice age to it. Just holding this cigar feels like you're holding a work of art. Absolutely impeccable craftsmanship. Deep cocoa color and a scent like heaven.
Clip the cap with scissors, toast, light...ready to go. Immediatlely the taste is delicious. Has a taste of coffee, of cedar and a bit of leather. Above all it has a simply excellent tobacco taste. Draw is flawless, smoke is absolutely bountiful. Damn this is a good cigar. So smooth. Before I realize it, the bottle of merlot is draining and I'm holding this stick with a roughly three inch ash. Ash was a whitish grey and held as steadfast as could be. About this more than halfway through time, the cigar starts to take a sweeter tone. Kind of like a deep, dark cocoa flavor. Delicious still. The age on this baby has treated it well and it's matured to even more of an excellent cigar than which it started. Smoke this baby to the nub, finish off the bottle of Merlot and just soak in some more of the afternoon. Then had to head back to here to South Beach to get a few goods together before heading south to my place in the Keys for a weekend of deep sea fishing.
This is one damn fine cigar. Scale wise, I'd call it a medium bodied or, perhaps more specifically, on the lighter end of the full-bodied spectrum. No powerhouse, that's for sure. But rather an expertly, impeccably crafted cigar which obviously harbors among the finest tobacco in the DR and Ecuador.
These cigars are, generally, equally as appealing in their youth, so I would definitely recommend these babies. The roughly six years of hibernation however, served this box of sticks beautifully.
