Hemingway Best Seller Natural

[Breedy]

Cigar: Hemingway Best Seller Natural 5.00 x 43

Pre-light: Nice looking and well constructed, my first time with a figurado of this shape. Simple punch cut, with good pre-light taste and draw. Accompanied by a Burning River from GLB.

First-Third: Was a little concerned about the correct way to toast the foot, but things went fairly well. First taste was that of a spicy leather with a some what sweet undertone. Very, Very enjoyable.

Second-Third: The leather notes seemed to drop off as spice picked up, added were notes of cedar. There were slight burn problems, most likely due, yet again, to my poor light.

Last-Third: Settled down into a slightly spice cappuccino flavor. Very, Very Nice.

Conclusion: Quite possible my second favorite cigar to date. Volumes of white fluffy smoke were astounding and draw was perfect. Once I get my vino-temp up and running I could easily see this as a box buy item. The price is just about right for it to surpass the Padron X000's series as my go to smoke.

Small Stem in middle of punch cut reminded me of a Bullseye, which was what this cigar was.


A special thanks goes out to chainer for reminding me of the Macro feature on camera, thus making pics much better

 

[Bsneed51]

I was gifted one of these a few months ago (thanks Joe), and it became one of my favorite Fuente cigars.

 

[NullSmurf]

If the prelight draw is ok, I fire it up. If not, I clip off a bit of foot before trying to light.

 

[Brickhouse]

I'm actually not a big fan of these. I was hoping they'd be like the SS but with more to smoke. IMO they fall short. Nice job on the review though.

 

[Breedy]

I'm actually not a big fan of these. I was hoping they'd be like the SS but with more to smoke. IMO they fall short. Nice job on the review though.

I have a couple of Short Stories as well, haven't smoked any yet so now I am interested in comparing them.

If the prelight draw is ok, I fire it up. If not, I clip off a bit of foot before trying to light.

That's kind of what I was thinking. I just wasn't sure if you were supposed to do that or not, thanks for the info.

 

[NullSmurf]

I'm sure somebody all snooty about ceremony would shriek, but I couldn't care less. I light my cigars with a Bic, often without toasting the foot. You paid for it. Smoke it however you want, regardless of who is watching.

 

[LOCAL669]

I'm sure somebody all snooty about ceremony would shriek, but I couldn't care less. I light my cigars with a Bic, often without toasting the foot. You paid for it. Smoke it however you want, regardless of who is watching.

LOL how barbaric!! I have lite many many cigars by bic. Bic does the trick for me LOL

 

[MoeCizlak]

Great review and pics. In my very limited exposure to the Hemingway line, this is my favorite. I find it a little more complex and flavorful than the SS. But please watch the blasphemy on the x000s next time.

 

[Breedy]

Great review and pics. In my very limited exposure to the Hemingway line, this is my favorite. I find it a little more complex and flavorful than the SS. But please watch the blasphemy on the x000s next time.

I love the X000's series as well and believe that I said that the Best Seller "almost surpassed" them. That being said with different flavor profile, I think I would like to keep both on hand.

Brandon