I am in a rush again today; yet have a lot to say in the review. Please pardon any gramatical/spelling errors as I won't have time to edit it several times as usual.
I started off smoking today with another cigar but stupidly ruined it while torturing several wasps on a nest I found with an "environmentally friendly" (use masss quantities) pesticide. The ruined cigar was worth the fun as it hadn't impressed me in the inch that I had smoked.
My impression of the Glenmorangie Port Finish has improved somewhat; it accompanied my smoking this afternoon. Today it seemed more mellow and much sweeter; it reminded me of SoCo a bit.
This La Gloria Cubana Serie R robusto is another of the cigars I brought back to life from a dried out state in a misplaced baggie. It didn't regain all of the oily sheen it orginally had so I can't help but wonder if properly cared for it would be even better. Because of its drying out it did develop some nasty crinkle which also could have adversly affected it. This cigar is on my list to pick up on my next trip to my local tobaccoist. Here's the review:
Scores
Appearance - 80
Construction - 90
Burn - 86
Draw - 95
Flavor - 80
Value - 85
Overall - 88
The cigar had a nice maduro wrapper with very a fine tooth and only one predominate vein. It would have scored much higher on appearance had it not been abused. The construction was top notch; clean clip, excellent burn, and the ash went forever before dropping. I ran out of butane in my lighter after toasting and whilst puffing so only 1/2 of the cigar was completely light. Even so the cigar was burning evenly with a very slight canoe 2" in. This thing self corrected VERY quickly and stayed straight the rest of the way through. Draw was near perfect. The flavor was good with a bit of spiciness but no flavors I could isolate. As mentioned before I suspect I killed some of the flavor by letting it dry out. This cigar provided me me mouthfulls of super thick smoke each draw and stayed cool down to the bottom 1/4. At that point I had to draw much less frequently to keep it cool. Although these cigars aren't cheap, they definitely aren't pricey either. I suspect once I try another this stogie will be on my "buy a box" list. I can definitely recommend it.
Matt
Edit: I wasn't sure WHICH cigar this was exactly when I reviewed it. I believe it was the #5, and as mentioned it was the maduro variety.
I started off smoking today with another cigar but stupidly ruined it while torturing several wasps on a nest I found with an "environmentally friendly" (use masss quantities) pesticide. The ruined cigar was worth the fun as it hadn't impressed me in the inch that I had smoked.
My impression of the Glenmorangie Port Finish has improved somewhat; it accompanied my smoking this afternoon. Today it seemed more mellow and much sweeter; it reminded me of SoCo a bit.
This La Gloria Cubana Serie R robusto is another of the cigars I brought back to life from a dried out state in a misplaced baggie. It didn't regain all of the oily sheen it orginally had so I can't help but wonder if properly cared for it would be even better. Because of its drying out it did develop some nasty crinkle which also could have adversly affected it. This cigar is on my list to pick up on my next trip to my local tobaccoist. Here's the review:
Scores
Appearance - 80
Construction - 90
Burn - 86
Draw - 95
Flavor - 80
Value - 85
Overall - 88
The cigar had a nice maduro wrapper with very a fine tooth and only one predominate vein. It would have scored much higher on appearance had it not been abused. The construction was top notch; clean clip, excellent burn, and the ash went forever before dropping. I ran out of butane in my lighter after toasting and whilst puffing so only 1/2 of the cigar was completely light. Even so the cigar was burning evenly with a very slight canoe 2" in. This thing self corrected VERY quickly and stayed straight the rest of the way through. Draw was near perfect. The flavor was good with a bit of spiciness but no flavors I could isolate. As mentioned before I suspect I killed some of the flavor by letting it dry out. This cigar provided me me mouthfulls of super thick smoke each draw and stayed cool down to the bottom 1/4. At that point I had to draw much less frequently to keep it cool. Although these cigars aren't cheap, they definitely aren't pricey either. I suspect once I try another this stogie will be on my "buy a box" list. I can definitely recommend it.
Matt
Edit: I wasn't sure WHICH cigar this was exactly when I reviewed it. I believe it was the #5, and as mentioned it was the maduro variety.
