Friday 4th February 2011

[cohibaIV]

An RYJ Duke - first one I've had, and it nearly blew my head off!

LOL...

But did you enjoy???

[cohibaIV]

Had a really crappy day today..


So as soon as the kids are in bed I shall be watching the rest of the rugby in the conserv with a H Upmann Sir W Churchill

[spirit_of_will]

Had a really crappy day today..


So as soon as the kids are in bed I shall be watching the rest of the rugby in the conserv with a H Upmann Sir W Churchill

Jealous... I'd bloody love to have a smoke on the go indoors watching the Rugby!

[cohibaIV]

Jealous... I'd bloody love to have a smoke on the go indoors watching the Rugby!

Bloody Bliss...

Red wine and Upmann...



England need to work harder now...One man down???

[Simon Bolivar]

Yep, thanks for your answer Eddie. I have seen other cigars prepared this way & they weren't Perfectos.
So do you know what range of yrs were totally rolled by hand, just incase we might stumble across some old boxes?

[Simon-JG-hr]

But did you enjoy???

I'd be interested too. I seem to be in a minority which found the RyJ Duke to be an abomination...

Will you be in London any time soon? If so, pop in and you can play with them .

Cheers,
Eddie

Wish I could make a trip to London... Won't be up until March though. Sounds like an excellent cigar opportunity.

PS. Very interesting background to the Cuabas there, thank you.

[Stevieboy]

I'd be interested too. I seem to be in a minority which found the RyJ Duke to be an abomination...
Wish I could make a trip to London... Won't be up until March though. Sounds like an excellent cigar opportunity.

PS. Very interesting background to the Cuabas there, thank you.

Now that the Duke has had a bit of time Simon I'd recommend a re-try. I first had one 14 months ago and thought it was pretty good but then had a 2nd out of the box last week and it was really top notch....should be excellent in a year or two


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[Stevieboy]

Sitting with a RA Gigantes (excellent) watching Unstoppable (shite, utter shite)....the Hoegaarden is, comme toujours, fantastic!!!


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[Superbrother]

Jealous... I'd bloody love to have a smoke on the go indoors watching the Rugby!

So it's not just me that gets banished outdoors with "those stinky cigars!" then.

We're looking after the inlaws cats for a couple of weeks and they are stationed in the conservatory so I'm not allowed to smoke in there for the time being.................two weeks and counting then no more hanging out of the utility door in the biting wind!

Anyhow - back on topic, I had a RyJ Petit Princes last night with a nice sized dram of Balvenie Doublewood; superb.

[Sludgie]

RYJ Duke

I'd be interested too. I seem to be in a minority which found the RyJ Duke to be an abomination...
Wish I could make a trip to London... Won't be up until March though. Sounds like an excellent cigar opportunity.

PS. Very interesting background to the Cuabas there, thank you.

Hi there Simon,

The simple answer to this is I'm not sure. It certainly was not what I expected of a RYJ - much stronger than the usual profile IMHO. It strikes me as a cigar that will benefit from a good bit of ageing. I am certainly going to hold a couple back and will revisit them in a couple of years, probably more. I certainly think they're not smoking to their potential yet - the tastes on the palette are somehat chaotic and overbearing for me at the moment, even though I normally have no problem with full bodied cigars - (Ramons are my favourite brand). However, I do think that given some time, this cigar could be a real cracker - It would be interesting to smoke a ten year old one! I thnk it would be a totally different experience - time will tell (if I can wait that long!!)

Nick

[EddieCigar]

Yep, thanks for your answer Eddie. I have seen other cigars prepared this way & they weren't Perfectos.
So do you know what range of yrs were totally rolled by hand, just incase we might stumble across some old boxes?

Anything 1996 or 1997 should be original 'free-hand' rolled. After 1997 I am not sure...

Would love to know the cut off date if anyone knows...

Cheers,