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El Rey del Mundo ? Grandes de Espana
Size: 192mm x 35 ? Delicados
Smoke time: 2 hours
Box date: Unknown. Gifted by Simon Bolivar. (Si did tell me but I forgot to make a note).
Appearance: Not the most beautiful of the lancero, but elegantly slim and perfectly cylindrical with a ?toothed? honey brown wrapper with light veins and the odd green spot or two.
Construction: Almost a perfect ten, whoever rolled it really knew their stuff. The only issue I had occurred in the last half of the final third when the stick developed a side-burn and became difficult to hold onto. One re-light, no corrections. (The re-light was due to an interruption from some call-centre arsehole wanting to take over my Broardband).
Flavour: The pre-light aroma was light, musty earth and tobacco. The first puff was not what I expected, not earthy or peppery but a clean relishlike taste, vaguely floral, vaguely chutneyish and as the smoke left my mouth I could pick up sharp/sweet end note, I was also getting a counter of saltiness on the lips. The smoke quality was silk smooth and remained constant throughout. A half inch or so in and the familiar Cuban twang arrived followed by a light woodiness that I?m going to describe as cedarlike. The balance and subtlely was totally delicious. As the third progressed to it?s end the citric fruitiness and wood increased in power and that point the overall flavour strength I would catagorise as being medium. The second third carried on pretty much from where the first left off, with the plus that I could pick out the occasional hint of honey and light chocolate. To be honest I just smoked along in mellow contentment. In the final third the tobacco power increased, (quite significantly in the last half of the third). The wood flavours began to dull away and were replaced by richer chocolate notes, but always with a light, mild sweetness beneath. Wonderful!
Overall: Probably one of the most complex and enjoyable cigars I've ever smoked. Give me a sunny afternoon, a Grandes Espana and Rimsky-Korsakovs? Scheherazad playing in the background and I think the cigar experience would be about as close to religious as it could get. My only discomfort was the lack of the expected pepper. This may in some way have been due to the cigars ?age?. But only Simon will be able to input on that.
Verdict: Close, so very close. The Monte was brilliant, but on this smoke the Grandes gets the nod.
Montecristo Especial v ERdM Grandes
ERdM Grandes ? by a fag paper
Current Champion. ERdM Grandes de Espana
PS. The picture of me with the SLR has got in by mistake and I don't know how to remove it!
Size: 192mm x 35 ? Delicados
Smoke time: 2 hours
Box date: Unknown. Gifted by Simon Bolivar. (Si did tell me but I forgot to make a note).
Appearance: Not the most beautiful of the lancero, but elegantly slim and perfectly cylindrical with a ?toothed? honey brown wrapper with light veins and the odd green spot or two.
Construction: Almost a perfect ten, whoever rolled it really knew their stuff. The only issue I had occurred in the last half of the final third when the stick developed a side-burn and became difficult to hold onto. One re-light, no corrections. (The re-light was due to an interruption from some call-centre arsehole wanting to take over my Broardband).
Flavour: The pre-light aroma was light, musty earth and tobacco. The first puff was not what I expected, not earthy or peppery but a clean relishlike taste, vaguely floral, vaguely chutneyish and as the smoke left my mouth I could pick up sharp/sweet end note, I was also getting a counter of saltiness on the lips. The smoke quality was silk smooth and remained constant throughout. A half inch or so in and the familiar Cuban twang arrived followed by a light woodiness that I?m going to describe as cedarlike. The balance and subtlely was totally delicious. As the third progressed to it?s end the citric fruitiness and wood increased in power and that point the overall flavour strength I would catagorise as being medium. The second third carried on pretty much from where the first left off, with the plus that I could pick out the occasional hint of honey and light chocolate. To be honest I just smoked along in mellow contentment. In the final third the tobacco power increased, (quite significantly in the last half of the third). The wood flavours began to dull away and were replaced by richer chocolate notes, but always with a light, mild sweetness beneath. Wonderful!
Overall: Probably one of the most complex and enjoyable cigars I've ever smoked. Give me a sunny afternoon, a Grandes Espana and Rimsky-Korsakovs? Scheherazad playing in the background and I think the cigar experience would be about as close to religious as it could get. My only discomfort was the lack of the expected pepper. This may in some way have been due to the cigars ?age?. But only Simon will be able to input on that.
Verdict: Close, so very close. The Monte was brilliant, but on this smoke the Grandes gets the nod.
Montecristo Especial v ERdM Grandes
ERdM Grandes ? by a fag paper
Current Champion. ERdM Grandes de Espana
PS. The picture of me with the SLR has got in by mistake and I don't know how to remove it!
Hmmm....this almost counts as an "emoticon," senor private
TripleXXX. 
Catalina Joy wants you to leave the photo. She thinks you're a handsome lad. But then again, she used to have a little crush on young 
stevietheloney 
Perro, el Perro
Hey el Perro! I like the cut on the man's jib, as well. I wonder if he'd like to play with me blu-balls! 
don TJ and the 
Coros
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