Blue Dragon
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I have to admit, I have been wanting to try this cigar for almost a year. I was gifted a Reyes about a year ago and fell in love with it. So I tracked down 24 and only have two left 
. Ever since I started doing more research into what cigars were out there, I wanted to see if the Coloniales and the RE were anything like the Reyes. But for some strange reason, I have ended up getting other cigars. Probably because I didn't want to end up with a bunch that I might not like. So when I saw this little beauty show up in my blind fiver trade w/ SeaDub, I turned into a giddy little school girl waiting to smoke it. Thanks Buddy!!! :thumbs:
Trinidad Coloniales
Ambiance: Patio - 6:30pm after work with a glass of Ice Tea w/ lemon.
Prelight arroma: light, grassy, yummy
Prelight draw: The cigar draws really well, I don't forsee any issues with volumes of smoke, but the absense of any flavor has me perplexed. I thought maybe my sniffer was plugged, but after clearing it out, still nada. If I draw in to my mouth and then exhale the air through my nose I sense a ghost of a flavor. This just doesn't seem right; I keep wondering if I am doing something wrong. But what can you do wrong when taking in air in an unlit cigar?
Construction: The wrapper is very smooth, and has only a couple veins running the length of the cigar. It is very well constructed and has a couple of those green spots I seem to see on an ISOM every now and then. The cap is what has me really intrigued. I have smoked many of the Reyes and love the little pigtail, but I can't say that I have ever really examined the cap that closely. What suprises me is that this cap doesn't appear to be a triple cap like every other ISOM I've smoked, or at least noticed. But I went and looked at my Reyes, and the cap is very similar, almost exactly the same. However, it looks like there was an attempt at a triple cap because there are two passes around the cigar before the pigtail. This cigar seems to have just one pass and then the pigtail. Since this is my first experience w/ the Coloniales I was wondering if others would share what the tops of theirs looked like. I am guessing the appearance has to do with the type of cap, and that if there wasn't the pigtail there would be a flat piece on the end giving the standard triple cap appearance.
The Experience: I clipped the base and lit the cigar with my trusty Colibri knock-off. It lit very well. I really like looking at the way this cigar is burning. The color of the wrapper gets very light, then bubbles out a little, and tapers back into the black edge where the ash just left off.
The first few draws tasted of pepper or cinammon and tobacco. Not a lot of flavor, but a lot of smoke. The ash seems to be the typical flaky, black and grey, cloud-like ash. After about a centimeter, the flavors that I am used to in the Reyes seem to start showing their faces. I can't seem to put a finger on it ... maybe like a roasted marshmellow w/o the sweet ... oh, I guess that would be kinda like caramel, along with nice tobacco overtones. Almost to the half-way mark, the flavors I love in the Reyes seem to be shining through, but it seems much fuller, more body. It seems like the Reyes all grown up. But it is still a medium to medium-full bodied cigar. In the final stages the spicy flavors came back and most of the caramel hints faded away; what is left is some tastey, spicy tobacco with a little hint of grass. I smoked this puppy all the way down to the nub, even though it started getting a little bitter in the end. I just didn't want to put it down.
A most enjoyable smoke! I'm glad I finally got to try this baby. I see the future .... I see several of these being "forgotten" at the bottom of my cooler.
. Ever since I started doing more research into what cigars were out there, I wanted to see if the Coloniales and the RE were anything like the Reyes. But for some strange reason, I have ended up getting other cigars. Probably because I didn't want to end up with a bunch that I might not like. So when I saw this little beauty show up in my blind fiver trade w/ SeaDub, I turned into a giddy little school girl waiting to smoke it. Thanks Buddy!!! :thumbs:Trinidad Coloniales
Ambiance: Patio - 6:30pm after work with a glass of Ice Tea w/ lemon.
Prelight arroma: light, grassy, yummy
Prelight draw: The cigar draws really well, I don't forsee any issues with volumes of smoke, but the absense of any flavor has me perplexed. I thought maybe my sniffer was plugged, but after clearing it out, still nada. If I draw in to my mouth and then exhale the air through my nose I sense a ghost of a flavor. This just doesn't seem right; I keep wondering if I am doing something wrong. But what can you do wrong when taking in air in an unlit cigar?
Construction: The wrapper is very smooth, and has only a couple veins running the length of the cigar. It is very well constructed and has a couple of those green spots I seem to see on an ISOM every now and then. The cap is what has me really intrigued. I have smoked many of the Reyes and love the little pigtail, but I can't say that I have ever really examined the cap that closely. What suprises me is that this cap doesn't appear to be a triple cap like every other ISOM I've smoked, or at least noticed. But I went and looked at my Reyes, and the cap is very similar, almost exactly the same. However, it looks like there was an attempt at a triple cap because there are two passes around the cigar before the pigtail. This cigar seems to have just one pass and then the pigtail. Since this is my first experience w/ the Coloniales I was wondering if others would share what the tops of theirs looked like. I am guessing the appearance has to do with the type of cap, and that if there wasn't the pigtail there would be a flat piece on the end giving the standard triple cap appearance.
The Experience: I clipped the base and lit the cigar with my trusty Colibri knock-off. It lit very well. I really like looking at the way this cigar is burning. The color of the wrapper gets very light, then bubbles out a little, and tapers back into the black edge where the ash just left off.
The first few draws tasted of pepper or cinammon and tobacco. Not a lot of flavor, but a lot of smoke. The ash seems to be the typical flaky, black and grey, cloud-like ash. After about a centimeter, the flavors that I am used to in the Reyes seem to start showing their faces. I can't seem to put a finger on it ... maybe like a roasted marshmellow w/o the sweet ... oh, I guess that would be kinda like caramel, along with nice tobacco overtones. Almost to the half-way mark, the flavors I love in the Reyes seem to be shining through, but it seems much fuller, more body. It seems like the Reyes all grown up. But it is still a medium to medium-full bodied cigar. In the final stages the spicy flavors came back and most of the caramel hints faded away; what is left is some tastey, spicy tobacco with a little hint of grass. I smoked this puppy all the way down to the nub, even though it started getting a little bitter in the end. I just didn't want to put it down.
A most enjoyable smoke! I'm glad I finally got to try this baby. I see the future .... I see several of these being "forgotten" at the bottom of my cooler.
