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I relented today and enjoyed my most recent purchase, a La Flor De Cano Short Robusto. I set out to enjoy it with a simple glass of orange squash with some lime quarters squeezed into it. Not bad for a whistle wetting during a nice cigar. As I was about to start I was invited over a neighbor's house for a bottole of Rioja. I'm afraid I can't tell you the producer but t was a Tesco special, and not entirely unpleasant!
I took the cap off and tested the pre-light draw; it was very airy and offered very little resistance. There was a lot of flavour there coming through the unlit cigar, and I felt Iike there was going to be a lot of potential in this little smoke.
Let's talk a little bit about size: With both of those bling bling bands wrapping the cigar, it looks unimpressively short, and you do need to remove the lower of the two bands incredibly soon after lighting the cigar, and my local tobacconist makes the very relevant point that people may be put off getting someone special a La Flor De Cano Short Robusto as a gift because of it's lack of presence against some of the other limited and regional editions on the shelf. My opinion is that this would be a great shame! I personally would be incredibly impressed to receive one of these as a gift any time of the year. The cigar does look a lot less stunted when it?s been de-banded, which is a necessity before you?re bearly out of the first third.
The cigar lit beautifully, after the obligatory toasting of the foot, I achieved a complete burn with no extra attention with a cigar match almost instantly. The ash was light, and peppered with darkness, and this robust little cigar produced a pleasantly thick lingering smoke.
If i were to describe this cigar in one word, that word would be subtle; there are a lot of nuances in there, but the open draw and the small size gives you a very subtle and light to medium bodied cigar, but don?t be fooled into thinking that there is any lack of flavor there. there?s very little spice to catch at the back of the throat with this cigar, and that huge flavor bomb that you get from a full strength cigar isn?t present, but there are very enjoyable hay notes and other nuances that start out very light in the first third and get ever so slightly stronger into the second and third. The ?thirds? of this cigar are very small given it?s size and the progression is rather quick, with a noticeable build in flavor as you go along.
the burn on my cigar was immaculate; even when i talked too much and smoked to little, the cigar was able to right it?s self incredibly easily, which was a very pleasant change in situations from the Bolivar Royal Corona that I enjoyed last week. had i been giving it the full attention it deserved, i wouldn?t have had to give the burn of this cigar any attention from start to finish, and the ash was hanging on in there! It almost felt like it could have lasted the entire length had i not wanted to be the best house guest I could.
one thing that impressed me more than anything else about this cigar was the fact that it burned my fingers and nose before it burned my throat. i had far less than an inch remaining of this cigar and still it drew just like it did when it was freshly lit without any acrid overtone or hot smoke whatsoever - it was a real shame to call it a day. The last time i experienced anything like that was when i was enjoying the Cohiba Behike 52 last month.
to conclude, i would have to say that my experience of this cigar is entirely a pleasant one. it was subtle and mild with quote a lot going on, although it can be easily drowned by drinking anything too flavorful as an accompaniment. I would advise choosing something light and refreshing to go with this cigar like a G&T or possibly a lesser scotch and ginger ale. I would gladly pay the going rate for a box of 25 of these to sit alongside some more hearty smokes for those times when a cigar of a larger vitola, or bigger flavor isn?t appropriate, but when you want to enjoy a light but flavorful cigar and have a spare 45 minutes - 1 hour to yourself.
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I relented today and enjoyed my most recent purchase, a La Flor De Cano Short Robusto. I set out to enjoy it with a simple glass of orange squash with some lime quarters squeezed into it. Not bad for a whistle wetting during a nice cigar. As I was about to start I was invited over a neighbor's house for a bottole of Rioja. I'm afraid I can't tell you the producer but t was a Tesco special, and not entirely unpleasant!
I took the cap off and tested the pre-light draw; it was very airy and offered very little resistance. There was a lot of flavour there coming through the unlit cigar, and I felt Iike there was going to be a lot of potential in this little smoke.
Let's talk a little bit about size: With both of those bling bling bands wrapping the cigar, it looks unimpressively short, and you do need to remove the lower of the two bands incredibly soon after lighting the cigar, and my local tobacconist makes the very relevant point that people may be put off getting someone special a La Flor De Cano Short Robusto as a gift because of it's lack of presence against some of the other limited and regional editions on the shelf. My opinion is that this would be a great shame! I personally would be incredibly impressed to receive one of these as a gift any time of the year. The cigar does look a lot less stunted when it?s been de-banded, which is a necessity before you?re bearly out of the first third.
The cigar lit beautifully, after the obligatory toasting of the foot, I achieved a complete burn with no extra attention with a cigar match almost instantly. The ash was light, and peppered with darkness, and this robust little cigar produced a pleasantly thick lingering smoke.
If i were to describe this cigar in one word, that word would be subtle; there are a lot of nuances in there, but the open draw and the small size gives you a very subtle and light to medium bodied cigar, but don?t be fooled into thinking that there is any lack of flavor there. there?s very little spice to catch at the back of the throat with this cigar, and that huge flavor bomb that you get from a full strength cigar isn?t present, but there are very enjoyable hay notes and other nuances that start out very light in the first third and get ever so slightly stronger into the second and third. The ?thirds? of this cigar are very small given it?s size and the progression is rather quick, with a noticeable build in flavor as you go along.
the burn on my cigar was immaculate; even when i talked too much and smoked to little, the cigar was able to right it?s self incredibly easily, which was a very pleasant change in situations from the Bolivar Royal Corona that I enjoyed last week. had i been giving it the full attention it deserved, i wouldn?t have had to give the burn of this cigar any attention from start to finish, and the ash was hanging on in there! It almost felt like it could have lasted the entire length had i not wanted to be the best house guest I could.
one thing that impressed me more than anything else about this cigar was the fact that it burned my fingers and nose before it burned my throat. i had far less than an inch remaining of this cigar and still it drew just like it did when it was freshly lit without any acrid overtone or hot smoke whatsoever - it was a real shame to call it a day. The last time i experienced anything like that was when i was enjoying the Cohiba Behike 52 last month.
to conclude, i would have to say that my experience of this cigar is entirely a pleasant one. it was subtle and mild with quote a lot going on, although it can be easily drowned by drinking anything too flavorful as an accompaniment. I would advise choosing something light and refreshing to go with this cigar like a G&T or possibly a lesser scotch and ginger ale. I would gladly pay the going rate for a box of 25 of these to sit alongside some more hearty smokes for those times when a cigar of a larger vitola, or bigger flavor isn?t appropriate, but when you want to enjoy a light but flavorful cigar and have a spare 45 minutes - 1 hour to yourself.
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Well done, muchacho. 
TJ, TJCoro
don TJ and the 
Coros
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