Swissy
Livin' the retired life!
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After a long day of working in the yard, running the dogs in the woods, smoking a huge amount of garlic cloves and doing some housecleaning, I sat down at 11pm and had a great cigar!
I had just grabbed the first cigar I saw in my desktop humi, and what a choice it ended up being- in more ways than one! It was a Perdomo Reserve La Tradicion Series P, in maduro(? - it was awfully dark) and what a treat. It was a pleasant looking cigar, well constructed and very aromatic. The clip was made, the light was flawless and the first draw revealved an easy draw, but not too easy. And the flavor was there... right from the start. And while I was sitting out in the fading daylight, I realized something. All this time, I had been trying to figure out the flavors of the cigars I was smoking. Was it cedar? chocolate? coffee? earthy tones? What I realized was this- I DON'T CARE! I dont care what the flavors are... only that I liked them! And this was one I really enjoyed. Something about the aftertaste was great... but again I have no idea what it was, only that I want more of it.
The burn was even, the ash was a darker grey and held on nicely. The draw stayed even and nice to the end, and the flavor never wavered- never got stronger and never got weaker. I was not a strong cigar in its' "power", and I would rate it medium in strength. It also had great volumes of smoke... easy to savor when there was so much smoke to blow!
Overall I would rate this a great cigar- a perfect end to a beautiful, sunny and productive day. And best of all, I realized I've been looking too hard for the secrets behind the cigar- I just need to enjoy them more without racking my feeble brain trying to figure out WHY I like this one or that... I have no idea what made me come to this, but it just whacked me on the head while I was enjoying this 'car. I'll be buying a box of these!
I had just grabbed the first cigar I saw in my desktop humi, and what a choice it ended up being- in more ways than one! It was a Perdomo Reserve La Tradicion Series P, in maduro(? - it was awfully dark) and what a treat. It was a pleasant looking cigar, well constructed and very aromatic. The clip was made, the light was flawless and the first draw revealved an easy draw, but not too easy. And the flavor was there... right from the start. And while I was sitting out in the fading daylight, I realized something. All this time, I had been trying to figure out the flavors of the cigars I was smoking. Was it cedar? chocolate? coffee? earthy tones? What I realized was this- I DON'T CARE! I dont care what the flavors are... only that I liked them! And this was one I really enjoyed. Something about the aftertaste was great... but again I have no idea what it was, only that I want more of it.
The burn was even, the ash was a darker grey and held on nicely. The draw stayed even and nice to the end, and the flavor never wavered- never got stronger and never got weaker. I was not a strong cigar in its' "power", and I would rate it medium in strength. It also had great volumes of smoke... easy to savor when there was so much smoke to blow!
Overall I would rate this a great cigar- a perfect end to a beautiful, sunny and productive day. And best of all, I realized I've been looking too hard for the secrets behind the cigar- I just need to enjoy them more without racking my feeble brain trying to figure out WHY I like this one or that... I have no idea what made me come to this, but it just whacked me on the head while I was enjoying this 'car. I'll be buying a box of these!
Great review. This is more of the type of review I can relate to. My taste has not developed yet to the point of most of the reviews. So I like it when I see others. I don't know what it is but I like it. Nice 
My poor smoker gets a hell of a workout every year.