Cigar reviews review cigarobsession.com Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Connecticut Robusto Cigar Review This 5.5×50 medium tan stick offers a firm, dense pack under smooth wrapper with minimal veins and a triple cap. Starting off very bitter, the first third was a dry, slightly bitter almond, fading quickly to a finish of an oily oak with hints of pepper zing. By the 2nd third flavors transitioned to a mild-medium roasted nut and oily toast with a longer finish. At the half way point it became a typical connecticut with dry toasty, nutty, woody flavors and a long dry finish. Body was medium, smoke output was fantastic, as was the burn and draw all the way down, typical of a Rocky Patel. Thank you very much to Michael Yamashita for sending this sample in for review! Photography by BG Pictures.


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Cigar reviews NUB Connecticut 464 Torpedo Cigar Review cigarobsession.com http This 4×64 stick offers a medium tan, firm, thin stretched wrapper with minor visible veins and seams. The aroma is a very faint tobacco and it has a smooth velvet texture. First light revelas an easy draw, plenty of smoke production giving flavors of grass and nuts, with an oily smooth, long finish. By 10 minutes in the flavors settled to a mild-medium bodied creamy nut flavor with a touch of pepper but no spice. Those exact same flavors carried through the entire stick ending with about 1″ left at 45 minutes. The only shift was in the heat of the smoke, getting too hot for my taste just past the band. Thank you very much to Michael Yamashita for sending this in for review! Photography by BG Pictures.

Ashton Maduro cigars are known for their full, sweet taste and complex aroma. Due to the fact that the Connecticut shade-grown wrapper used to make the Ashton Maduro is very limited in supply, this is considered something of a rare cigar.

The filler and binder are both of exceptional quality, and they are both grown in the Dominican Republic. The combination of Dominican filler and Connecticut shade-grown wrapper has made this a prized cigar the world over.

A large number of cigar reviews have noted that the Ashton Maduro is a fantastic example of how fullness is different from strength. When cigar smokers talk about fullness, they are referring to the pleasure a smoker derives from the taste and the smell of the cigar itself.

This is very different from strength. Cigar refers to the power of the nicotine content in the blend.

One of the hallmarks of a truly great cigar is one does not get a severe punch to the adrenalin that could ruin the essence of the moment. Instead, the smoker gets a smooth, relaxing feeling that goes down just like a neat scotchor, even better, is smoked with a neat scotch.

A full-flavor cigar like the Ashton Maduro is a sure win with both neophytes and veteran smokers for this reason.

When an Ashton Maduro is initially lit up, its taste is very sweet. As the cigar burns, the flavor turns into a very rich and nutty flavor. One begins to notice subtle hints of apple, and a finish that many cigar reviews have referred to as a detectable, very appealing, creamy taste.

This subtle shift of flavors is as smooth as the draw of the cigar, and is never a shock to ones palette. It is present thanks to the fermentation and aging process of the Connecticut-shade wrapper in Sherry-finished, French oak barrels.

Ashton ages these wrappers for a very good reason. The intent is the make the cigar wrapper as oily as possible. New smokers are often surprised to learn that an oily wrapper on a cigar is a not a bad thing. Contrary to the world outside the cigar lounge, an oily wrapper is highly sought after as a distinguishing characteristic of a premium cigar. This is because dry wrappers do not burn as evenly, nor do they taste as good.

Not only is the wrapper of an Ashton Maduro of exceptional quality, but the filler is as well. These cigars are carefully rolled by hand by only the very best torcedores at the Fuente factory. So expert is the constitution of these cigars that the final product always feels perfectly smooth and firm within the grip.

It is just tight enough to not fall apart while smoking. At the same time, however, it is not too tight. A cigar that is too tight has too hard of a draw, but with this premium blend, nothing can be easier than to draw a pleasing and exceptional flavor from within its truly impeccable constitution.

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Roatan, and San Pedro Sula are both part of a Central American country. Honduras is a country that was badly washed out by its political history, plight of economy and even the occasional natural disaster brought about by hurricanes over the years. However, Roatan is a paradise of the holiday maker, especially for the cruise vacationers. As for San Pedro Sula, it is where the tobacco growers of Honduras live in.

Beside being one of the poorest countries in Central America, Honduras is also one of the many countries which is still unable to repay the loan from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. In some people’s view, the country is a place of poverty, crime and political unrest. This is also probably the reason why the people of Honduras are not united in thoughts and behavioral patterns. Despite all their various problems, the people of Honduras do share one common identity though, and that is their cigars.

Ever since the cigars from Cuba are banned from entering the US because of a sanctioned trade embargo against the country, cigars from Honduran have started to grow in familiarity and popularity among the people of the US. In fact, Honduran cigars have grown to become the favourite among many cigar lovers in some European countries.  

If we were to trace the history of Honduran cigars, we will find that they actually had their roots from Cuba. Many tobacco farmers had decided to migrate and settle in their neighbouring country, Honduras, when they were no longer allowed to operate their businesses under the communist rule because Fidel Castro announced that all businesses in Cuba shall come under the government’s control.

Frank Llaneze, the founder and President of the Honduran-American Tobacco S.A. (H.A.T.S.A.), is one of the earlier creators of Honduran cigars. He has invented a new type of cigars that had since become very popular with the cigar lovers. He was persistence in looking for ways to create a new type of Havana tobacco by mixing it with other Caribbean countries’ tobacco species. He knew that he was in desperate need of a new variety of tobacco before all Cuban tobacco was wiped out in the Cuban revolution. After many futile attempts, he finally succeeded in growing a new specie of tobacco seeds in the Honduras’ fertile soil. This new specie of tobacco seeds were actually the offspring of the Cuba and Connecticut tobacco seeds. In today’s world, many renowned cigar brands such as Excalibur, Hoyo de Monterrey and Punch were produced by H.A.T.S.A. and they are the top cigar brands which are very popular with the American cigar aficionados.

A mixture of nuts and wood gives rise to the flavour of the well-known Honduran cigars. An aroma of spicy and woody finish topped off full-bodied taste of the delightful cigar. It is not uncommon to find a stick of Honduran cigar, which is comparable to their Havana predecessor, accompanying a toast of red wine. The American tobacco lovers find great elation in the Honduran cigars, especially since the Cuban cigars are only available in the expensive black market.  

Despite being a country of great poverty, Honduras is definitely in possession of one of the world’s riches that many countries would desire to own. It is believed that in the near future, Honduras will be rid of its poverty state and become the tobacco capital of the world.

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Review of the highly anticipated, Nub Cigar. This is a pre release review done by Walt from www.StogieReview.com

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