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I have been looking through the forum since I joined up and have read soe reviews of various cigars that have made me want to try them. This got me thinking about people's experiences of different bends and thei benchmarks both good and bad. Here's mine.
Best: 2006 LE Cohiba Piramides. I was given two of these for Christmas in 2006, I smoked one on Christmas day with a nice port and found into be a very satisfying smoke with a great flavour and consistent burn. The second I put down in my humidor and took out for my wedding in December 2008, he memory of that smoke has lasted longer than the marriage did. It we amazing (the smoke, not the marriage). Even after just two years ageing it had matured considerably, there was so much more depth to the flavour, the smoke was creamy and the flavours really developed as the cigar smoked. This w accompanied by some very nice red wine which complimented it perfectly.
Worst: you know no some people don't 'get' cigars? Well, my in-laws (who had previously given me the Cohiba above) returned from a holiday in the Canary Islands with two boxes of 5, I think, La Flor Canaria. They were Rougly corona vitola with wrappers that varied from a greenish double claro to a colorado. They were certainly immature, definitely a bit moist and were entirely constructed with short filler scraps. Needless to say they were not a pleasant smoke, the two or three I tried out of interest and politeness had poor consistency of draw, harsh smoke with plenty of tongue bite and plugs a plenty. I used one as a sacrificial wrapper donor to repair another (decent) cigar that had a little damage, the remaining cigars I left in an old Macanudo box and forgot about. Strangely, when I found the box a few years later, I thought I'd see what could be done with them. My humi was empty at the time so I put the (now dry as a bone) sticks I there and left them a few days. Surprisingly they were revived and were much better than they had been before this abuse. They were much more consistent. Not good cigars by any stretch, but passable for a dog walk on a wet evening. Says a lot about a cigar that it actually improve with abuse.
Best: 2006 LE Cohiba Piramides. I was given two of these for Christmas in 2006, I smoked one on Christmas day with a nice port and found into be a very satisfying smoke with a great flavour and consistent burn. The second I put down in my humidor and took out for my wedding in December 2008, he memory of that smoke has lasted longer than the marriage did. It we amazing (the smoke, not the marriage). Even after just two years ageing it had matured considerably, there was so much more depth to the flavour, the smoke was creamy and the flavours really developed as the cigar smoked. This w accompanied by some very nice red wine which complimented it perfectly.
Worst: you know no some people don't 'get' cigars? Well, my in-laws (who had previously given me the Cohiba above) returned from a holiday in the Canary Islands with two boxes of 5, I think, La Flor Canaria. They were Rougly corona vitola with wrappers that varied from a greenish double claro to a colorado. They were certainly immature, definitely a bit moist and were entirely constructed with short filler scraps. Needless to say they were not a pleasant smoke, the two or three I tried out of interest and politeness had poor consistency of draw, harsh smoke with plenty of tongue bite and plugs a plenty. I used one as a sacrificial wrapper donor to repair another (decent) cigar that had a little damage, the remaining cigars I left in an old Macanudo box and forgot about. Strangely, when I found the box a few years later, I thought I'd see what could be done with them. My humi was empty at the time so I put the (now dry as a bone) sticks I there and left them a few days. Surprisingly they were revived and were much better than they had been before this abuse. They were much more consistent. Not good cigars by any stretch, but passable for a dog walk on a wet evening. Says a lot about a cigar that it actually improve with abuse.
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