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Tonight it's No.12 of the CA 2013 Top 25, the L'Atelier LAT56. Cigar Aficionado write that "L?Ateliers are considerably tasty smokes, and our favorite is the largest, the LAT56, which is teeming with notes of chocolate and wood and just the right amount of truffle."
I'm in no rush tonight, so I've parked myself in the shelter, out of the rain, with a pint of bitter. It's a relatively mild night so I can settle in and enjoy what is one of the largest cigars I've had. I don't know what truffle tastes like so I'm not going to get excited about that.
Well, the start of 1st third has blown my mind. Seriously. It's not overly strong, and I can definitely taste milk chocolate and a bit of woodiness. The smoke is very aromatic. It actually reminds me of a Cuban cigar I've had, but can't think what. In any case, it doesn't matter because it's got a character of its own.
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Towards the 2nd third, there's a slight spicy touch. Again nothing overpowering, and it soon fades. The woody taste has got stronger, yet the smell of the smoke is unchanged. No one could find this aroma unpleasant!
There is a taste of something in the background which is slowly coming to the fore. I think it's a darker chocolate flavour, but I'm still fixed on the lighter milk chocolate taste which hasn't gone away. I'm kind of wishing I hadn't bothered with the beer because I think it's confusing things!
The flavours get more intense during the 2nd third, and soon there's more going on besides chocolate, which as usual I find hard to pick up on. The peppery taste on the end of my tongue comes and goes.
By the final third, it's like someone flicked a switch. The cigar suddenly gets much more intense and fuller flavoured. The taste is sharper too, more woody, dark chocolate - less sit back and relax, more sit up and take notice (well, I still plan to sit back and relax!). It gets more bitter too, with far less sweetness to the smoke, but I can't say it's anything to dislike. And some of that is likely to be down to occasional over-enthusiastic smoking of a cigar which I've enjoyed immensely. After that little bitterness, the finish ended up as good as the start.
Something happened at No.14. The Oro, Opus X and LAT56 have been amongst the best cigars I've smoked so far in my short career. Maybe the LAT56 wasn't quite as amazing towards the end as it was at the start, but I'm being a bit petty. In sum, it's been an awesome smoke. I wish I could rewind my life and live that bit all over again.
I'm in no rush tonight, so I've parked myself in the shelter, out of the rain, with a pint of bitter. It's a relatively mild night so I can settle in and enjoy what is one of the largest cigars I've had. I don't know what truffle tastes like so I'm not going to get excited about that.
Well, the start of 1st third has blown my mind. Seriously. It's not overly strong, and I can definitely taste milk chocolate and a bit of woodiness. The smoke is very aromatic. It actually reminds me of a Cuban cigar I've had, but can't think what. In any case, it doesn't matter because it's got a character of its own.
ImageUploadedByTapatalk1418334818.361285.jpg
Towards the 2nd third, there's a slight spicy touch. Again nothing overpowering, and it soon fades. The woody taste has got stronger, yet the smell of the smoke is unchanged. No one could find this aroma unpleasant!
There is a taste of something in the background which is slowly coming to the fore. I think it's a darker chocolate flavour, but I'm still fixed on the lighter milk chocolate taste which hasn't gone away. I'm kind of wishing I hadn't bothered with the beer because I think it's confusing things!
The flavours get more intense during the 2nd third, and soon there's more going on besides chocolate, which as usual I find hard to pick up on. The peppery taste on the end of my tongue comes and goes.
By the final third, it's like someone flicked a switch. The cigar suddenly gets much more intense and fuller flavoured. The taste is sharper too, more woody, dark chocolate - less sit back and relax, more sit up and take notice (well, I still plan to sit back and relax!). It gets more bitter too, with far less sweetness to the smoke, but I can't say it's anything to dislike. And some of that is likely to be down to occasional over-enthusiastic smoking of a cigar which I've enjoyed immensely. After that little bitterness, the finish ended up as good as the start.
Something happened at No.14. The Oro, Opus X and LAT56 have been amongst the best cigars I've smoked so far in my short career. Maybe the LAT56 wasn't quite as amazing towards the end as it was at the start, but I'm being a bit petty. In sum, it's been an awesome smoke. I wish I could rewind my life and live that bit all over again.
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