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Partagas ? Partagas Serie P No. 2
Size: 156mm x 52 ? Piramide
Smoke time: 1hour 30mins
Cigar box date: POS ENE 06. Source:- http://www.jjfox.co.uk
Appearance: Excellent. Oily, mid-natural brown wrapper with soft mottleing like a subtle camouflage. The veining has an almost Jurassic, fossil-like appearance which makes it look as if it?s imbedded in the wrapper rather than on the wrapper.
Construction: Easy ?pinch? with the cigar feeling generally solid, but with a slightly yielding spot around the two-third point. The pre-light aroma was tobacco and dark chocolate. The pre-draw was fine. The smoking-draw was easy, possibly a bit too easy throughout the smoke. The burn was good(ish) for two thirds after which it became wayward and generally un-attractive. The ash had the usual Cuban grey colouring and was generally compact. One tap off. One fall off.
Flavour: A game of two halfs. The initial flavours were excellent with woods to the fore and the customary Cuban twangy sweetness behind. The sensation at this point was one of having my teeth coated with a film of woodsy/lemony sweetness. Around the inch mark, the peppers, which I had been anticipating, entered the flavours mix. The blend these created was mild, mellow and very enjoyable. So much so that I let my mind wander for a bit and forgot to do the review job of identifying ?reminiscent? tastes. At the half way the peppers did for a puff or two start to get more aggressive and I expected/hoped the flavours and the strength of the SP2 ? because that is it?s reputation ? might begin to increase. It didn?t. Instead the flavours became drab and confused and I got none of the expected nicotine strength hit whatsoever. Worse, I was also picking-up an unpleasant tarriness in the mouth. I dealt with it by snipping away a sixteenth inch from the flute, unfortunately I forgot to hold the cigar over the ashtray and in snipping caused the ash to fall on the floor. I did persevere on for a bit, but with the flavour not improving and the burn by then all-over-the-place, called it a day.
Overall: OKish, nice for a while. To be honest, I was expecting a runaway train. Instead I got a mucky-arsed four year old pushing a pram. So, to my mind for now, 13 quid poorly spent although on the plus side the appearance and burn time were pretty good.
Size: 156mm x 52 ? Piramide
Smoke time: 1hour 30mins
Cigar box date: POS ENE 06. Source:- http://www.jjfox.co.uk
Appearance: Excellent. Oily, mid-natural brown wrapper with soft mottleing like a subtle camouflage. The veining has an almost Jurassic, fossil-like appearance which makes it look as if it?s imbedded in the wrapper rather than on the wrapper.
Construction: Easy ?pinch? with the cigar feeling generally solid, but with a slightly yielding spot around the two-third point. The pre-light aroma was tobacco and dark chocolate. The pre-draw was fine. The smoking-draw was easy, possibly a bit too easy throughout the smoke. The burn was good(ish) for two thirds after which it became wayward and generally un-attractive. The ash had the usual Cuban grey colouring and was generally compact. One tap off. One fall off.
Flavour: A game of two halfs. The initial flavours were excellent with woods to the fore and the customary Cuban twangy sweetness behind. The sensation at this point was one of having my teeth coated with a film of woodsy/lemony sweetness. Around the inch mark, the peppers, which I had been anticipating, entered the flavours mix. The blend these created was mild, mellow and very enjoyable. So much so that I let my mind wander for a bit and forgot to do the review job of identifying ?reminiscent? tastes. At the half way the peppers did for a puff or two start to get more aggressive and I expected/hoped the flavours and the strength of the SP2 ? because that is it?s reputation ? might begin to increase. It didn?t. Instead the flavours became drab and confused and I got none of the expected nicotine strength hit whatsoever. Worse, I was also picking-up an unpleasant tarriness in the mouth. I dealt with it by snipping away a sixteenth inch from the flute, unfortunately I forgot to hold the cigar over the ashtray and in snipping caused the ash to fall on the floor. I did persevere on for a bit, but with the flavour not improving and the burn by then all-over-the-place, called it a day.
Overall: OKish, nice for a while. To be honest, I was expecting a runaway train. Instead I got a mucky-arsed four year old pushing a pram. So, to my mind for now, 13 quid poorly spent although on the plus side the appearance and burn time were pretty good.
some different to others, but never a bad one 
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