Kingantz
Growing too fast.
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It’s a dark and dreary day with clouds, wind, and rain off and on. It’s been a good day to stay in the old PJs and be lazy, which is basically what I’ve done today. I ate a late lunch (actually snack as I whipped up a batch of stuffed mushrooms), and afterwards went to see what I could find for a late afternoon smoke. A fine BOTL hooked me up with some Jose Seijas Belicosos about a week ago (Khari, you are the man), and thought I’d give one a try.
This Dominican made cigar had a very well constructed Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, dark brown in color. It was firm when squeezed and had a solid weight in the hand. I cut the tapered head and found the draw to be somewhat tight, so snipped just a bit more off and got a small amount more airflow with a sweet cocoa flavor in the cold draw. I put fire to the foot and the draw actually tightened a bit. I ended up snipping a little more off the head and got the draw to open enough to smoke comfortably. My first impression was that of strong, black coffee and a smidgen of white pepper spice. There was a dark earthiness mixed in and a significant leather taste with faint hints of cocoa and vanilla bean.
Somewhere around the halfway mark, the razor sharp ash fell and the medium smoke picked up to a full strength, and the flavor darkened becoming very leathery. The spice picked up as well to what seemed like a strong black pepper on the back of the throat. I actually found it to be better than the first half. I will say the smoke was neither smooth nor harsh, but somewhere in between. I started to get tastes of dark, roasted nuts with significant vanilla bean notes and a rather sweetness in the finish. It seems almost as if the blend had changed in this smoke. Interesting!
I’ll definitely revisit these in another year or so to see what changes, if any, takes place. I have a feeling these will only get better.
Had a visitor today…
This Dominican made cigar had a very well constructed Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, dark brown in color. It was firm when squeezed and had a solid weight in the hand. I cut the tapered head and found the draw to be somewhat tight, so snipped just a bit more off and got a small amount more airflow with a sweet cocoa flavor in the cold draw. I put fire to the foot and the draw actually tightened a bit. I ended up snipping a little more off the head and got the draw to open enough to smoke comfortably. My first impression was that of strong, black coffee and a smidgen of white pepper spice. There was a dark earthiness mixed in and a significant leather taste with faint hints of cocoa and vanilla bean.
Somewhere around the halfway mark, the razor sharp ash fell and the medium smoke picked up to a full strength, and the flavor darkened becoming very leathery. The spice picked up as well to what seemed like a strong black pepper on the back of the throat. I actually found it to be better than the first half. I will say the smoke was neither smooth nor harsh, but somewhere in between. I started to get tastes of dark, roasted nuts with significant vanilla bean notes and a rather sweetness in the finish. It seems almost as if the blend had changed in this smoke. Interesting!
I’ll definitely revisit these in another year or so to see what changes, if any, takes place. I have a feeling these will only get better.




Had a visitor today…


