Partagas Serie D No. 4 (Review 2)

[r0lan6]

Sorry for reposting this on a separate thread chaps. Just wanted to highlight a different take on the cigar. Unfortunately my original review post ended-up well hidden within the confines of Maxi-J's review.

Here is the first review of the PSD4 by Maxi-Js:
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/showthread.php?t=5328

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Partagas Serie D No. 4

Adding my take on this popular cigar!

Well, appearance-wise? A few small veins, triple cap, cute size, spicy aroma, and chocolate brown wrapping, with a very easy dry draw to it. Kind of looks similar to the Tatuaje Havana VI Nobles.

1st 1/3 = Okay there are cigars with flavour, and there are cigars with flavour... and this is certainly the latter! The first few puffs simply released an explosion of spice, sweetness, leather, with hints of ginger and cinnamon, in an oily super smooth fire of peppers (without the heat of course!). The draw was so easy - in fact too easy! Be that as it may, I was able to adjust to it quite well. Sadly though I was not even past the inch mark when the cigar started to feel rather soft and springy all the way down. Too humidified maybe?

2nd 1/3 = The strength of the spice and richness of the flavours continued, however burn had become rather uneven with a manual touch-up required. Some floral tones creaping through in the after taste, with a lovely nutty roast. The tobacco is so damn rich and smooth that it literally felt like licking an ice-cream made from pure warm roasted Cuban leaf! Creamy and earthy flavours were also evident. Just a multi-tude of character beaming from this cigar!

Final 1/3 = Even finding the leather rich, creamy and smooth that it just adds to the whole experience makeup. Sadly as I predicted, the cigar just became more and more spongy that by the final few inches it just became more attuned to a gelatinous tobacco shaft, with smoke harder and harder to draw. Further relighting required and even some tunnelling was experienced... Flavour-wise the leather and spice intermingling into a more intense shot in a backdrop of smooth cream.

Overall, this is one of only a few cigars I have smoked that rigorously drowns you in a rich stew of flavours. Only problem was its increasingly feathery structure that did seem to collapse by the final few inches, resulting in multiple puffs just to get a good amount of smoke in it. Sadly more puffs per draw equated to an increase in leather intensity, infecting the other flavours.

Will need to try another soon to get a better gauge of this tasty cigar!

[eggopp]

Not sure if you reviewed this cigar as a positive or negative lol. Seems in places you enjoyed it but also had a dislike.

I agree that the SD4 sometimes can seem spongy due to the heat and perhaps over humidity. I always find with SD4 and P2 that keeping them at 65RH makes for a better smoke and less trouble some.

Im smoking one now and havent got any problems with it.. well that is im smoking it out of duress lol.. This morning i was fumbling through my humi and dropped it in the dogs water bowl. quickly removing it before it soaked up the water.. Its been sat drying out on top of a very warm plasma tv all afternoon and evening, and its smoking surprisingly well.. alas i darent droop them in water all the time lmao..

Try another, and maybe store it at 65 or as some would say dry box it. not that ive ever dry boxed, but some say it makes a difference.

[G-man]

Sometimes we need to purge the cigar when the efforts outway the pleasures. If you give this a try it will help.

[r0lan6]

Well you know the old saying, "...a cigar dropped in water remains smokable providing you adhere to the 1 minute soak rule...".

I did like the cigar, but will definitely have to leave it outside for a few hours before smoking next time.

[G-man]

rOlan6
but will definitely have to leave it outside for a few hours before smoking next time.
No , No , No Dry box it for a day and you'll taste a world of differance.
You won't look like a $2 dollar hooker trying to suck a bowling ball throgh a garden hose !

[Soulmanure]

rOlan6
but will definitely have to leave it outside for a few hours before smoking next time.
No , No , No Dry box it for a day and you'll taste a world of differance.
You won't look like a $2 dollar hooker trying to suck a bowling ball throgh a garden hose !

I hate when that happens; I take pride in always looking like a 3 dollar hooker.

[G-man]

With inflation and the sorts

I hate when that happens; I take pride in always looking like a 3 dollar hooker.

To be a 3 dollar hooker your doing good.

[Soulmanure]

To be a 3 dollar hooker your doing good.

You've got to work hard in this economy. I'm just thankful that I can still put food on my family.

[eggopp]

You've got to work hard in this economy. I'm just thankful that I can still put food on my family.

Havent you got any plates then?

[r0lan6]

Does that mean leave it in a humidor without humidification for a day? Ironically I do have a travel humidor that hasn't been used for over a decade.

[G-man]

I would use an empty cigar box as travel humidors sometimes have foam. Just an everyday wood cigar box is fine. Let us know how you make out using this method.

[r0lan6]

My travel humidor is actually internally made in Spanish cedar, with the outside being in leather (no foam found).

[G-man]

Great deal ! Try it you'll like it . You mite try this method with maduro wrapped cigars and find flavors you had'nt before.

[r0lan6]

Will do, cheers Mike!