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Cohiba Lanceros
Size: 192mm x 39 ? Laguito No 1
Smoke time: 1hour 10mins (Stopped)
Box date: Unknown. Kindly gifted by Puff Scotty.
Appearance: Long and slightly bumpy with a toothy, light honey coloured wrapper carryng a few light veins and finished pig-tail. The Lancero had a Standard ?C? un-embossed band, telling me the cigar was a minimum 7 years aged.
Flavour: The pre-light aroma at the foot was clean hay. On cutting, the aroma from the head was a deeper, richer version of the same. Bloody marvelous! On lighting up, the flavour barrage was incredible with salt, hay, sugar, honey and an accompanying Cuban ?twang? all in one inhalation. The lemon flavours coating my mouth and the saltiness covering lips were absolutely delicious. As the smoke progressed the hay/grass flavours became slightly more woody (and better for that) and the smoke had a delightful rick and creamy texture. However, from the on, and not even close to the first third, I began to experience combustion problems, and to be frank, after numerous re-lights and prodding first with a crochet needle and then with a bbq skewer with no real or satisfactory result I lost concentration and all enjoyment in the smoke.
Construction: Therein lies the rub. The pre-draw was tight, but not so tight as to ring any initial alarm bells. The burn started well and true. The draw however, having started resistive became tighter and tighter meaning I was having to draw on the cigar harder and more frequently than I would have liked just to keep it alight. Eventually it did go out, and then again several times after. The cigar simply did not want to burn and no amount of kneading or needle surgery was going to persuade it to. The last photo is where I left it.
Overall: Great flavours (when I could get at them). Constructionly, a bitter disappointment and no point in carrying on with a review. This is the first Cohiba Lancero I?ve smoked, and believe it or not I intend to buy a pack someday just to prove to myself what a great cigar it?s reputation says it can be, but by todays showing the Monte is still undefeated.
Montecristo Especial v Cohiba Lancero.
Montecristo E No1 ? by a stoppage.
Next man up. Padilla Signature 1932
Size: 192mm x 39 ? Laguito No 1
Smoke time: 1hour 10mins (Stopped)
Box date: Unknown. Kindly gifted by Puff Scotty.
Appearance: Long and slightly bumpy with a toothy, light honey coloured wrapper carryng a few light veins and finished pig-tail. The Lancero had a Standard ?C? un-embossed band, telling me the cigar was a minimum 7 years aged.
Flavour: The pre-light aroma at the foot was clean hay. On cutting, the aroma from the head was a deeper, richer version of the same. Bloody marvelous! On lighting up, the flavour barrage was incredible with salt, hay, sugar, honey and an accompanying Cuban ?twang? all in one inhalation. The lemon flavours coating my mouth and the saltiness covering lips were absolutely delicious. As the smoke progressed the hay/grass flavours became slightly more woody (and better for that) and the smoke had a delightful rick and creamy texture. However, from the on, and not even close to the first third, I began to experience combustion problems, and to be frank, after numerous re-lights and prodding first with a crochet needle and then with a bbq skewer with no real or satisfactory result I lost concentration and all enjoyment in the smoke.
Construction: Therein lies the rub. The pre-draw was tight, but not so tight as to ring any initial alarm bells. The burn started well and true. The draw however, having started resistive became tighter and tighter meaning I was having to draw on the cigar harder and more frequently than I would have liked just to keep it alight. Eventually it did go out, and then again several times after. The cigar simply did not want to burn and no amount of kneading or needle surgery was going to persuade it to. The last photo is where I left it.
Overall: Great flavours (when I could get at them). Constructionly, a bitter disappointment and no point in carrying on with a review. This is the first Cohiba Lancero I?ve smoked, and believe it or not I intend to buy a pack someday just to prove to myself what a great cigar it?s reputation says it can be, but by todays showing the Monte is still undefeated.
Montecristo Especial v Cohiba Lancero.
Montecristo E No1 ? by a stoppage.
Next man up. Padilla Signature 1932
. I try to keep & smoke my panatellas at around 65% & rarely get bothered with tight draws.
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