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Cigar #1 < Before lighting a fire > Length 124mm RG 50 Box pressed, it seemed to me. Almost no smell Quite rough construction. A part of head wrapper is slightly broken. Color is between Colorado and Colorado maduro. I stored this cigar with 69% BOVEDA in ziplock in my wine cellar 14 degrees Celsius. < 1st 3rd > Pairing with Coke. The first puff. Yes, I have smoked this cigar many times. I am sure. Very decent sweetness with a bit fruitiness and cedar. Draw is very good and a relatively loose. Not so even burn. Very tasty and very good cigar for me. Creamy and soft. The body is light to medium. < 2nd 3rd > Pairing with hot lemon tea with sugar. More cedar and more fruit. Decent sweetness is same as 1st 3rd. A bit orange nuance. Ash is mottled pattern, black and gray. Ash is not so hard but this is apparently a long filler cigar, IMO. < Final 3rd > Pairing with Ardbeg CORRYVRECKAN. Same flavor as 2nd 3rd but deeper and more complex. Again I feel this is a very good cigar and I love it. Now I am happy! Very happy indeed. < Conclusion > Judging from my personal experience, I think Cigar No.1 is RASS or ELDM Choix Supreme or SLR Regios. My conclusion is that this is RASS because Choix Supreme has stronger body and Regios has a sense of some oriental herb, I think. Last but not least, I express my deepest thanks to El Presidente and his team for giving me this very precious and interesting opportunity. I also would like to cheer for the other participants of this blind tasting. Thank you very much.

Very nice event. I’m in.

Before Covid-19 83-85, just so-so cigars for me. After Covid-19 (more accurately, after 2021 in my opinion) 95-97, suddenly turned into great cigars.

Famosos is one of the greatest cigars in my opinion. Very complexed flavors of dark chocoate, leather, earth and honey, especially when Famosos is well aged, say at least three years. Famosos is similar to no other cigar. Very unique, I feel.

Thank you for your nice review. I have already smoked all my 2023 Desnudo Lancero. And I believe that 2023 Desnudo Lancero had a high aging potential.

Thank you very much for your kind and nice review. I am very much looking forward to smoke it, really.

Thank you for your nice review. Partagas Churchill, great and I feel nostalgic indeed. The ashtray seems to me very beautiful and a cool design...fabulous.

I do not recommend to storing cigars at temparatures above 20 degrees Celsius. I had very hard experience in the past when I worked in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The temparature in my apartment was around 25 to 30 degrees Celsius. I stored my cigars (5-6 boxes) I brought from Japan in the room. After 2 weeks, I found that mold was growing on the surface of all my cigars. Now I live in Tokyo Japan where it is very humid and hot in summer therefore I store my cigars (about 30 boxes) in my wine cellar at the controlled temperature of 14 degrees Celsius. And I put all my cigars into Ziploc style bags (I use double bags) with a 69% Boveda pack.

I agree 100%. My 2021 and 2022 Desnudo (Lancero Colorado and Lancero Maduro) got much better after 2-3 years, more complex and more flavourful.

Based on my personal experience, Davidoff Aniversario No.2 (discontinued......).

(1) This is absolutely crazy decision. No liberty, no rights, no love for cigars. (2) I am afraid that making fakes becomes very easy. (3) Anyway, plain packaging is ugly. I need beauty because I am not a robot.

Everytime when I smoke a cigar after dinner, I have many kinds of nightmares. Without a cigar before sleep, I never have a bad dream. Therefore this phenomena must be caused by nicotine, I think. But I do not care about it at all. I enjoy a nightmare after a cigar. ^o^

Really beautiful. For me, old design is better than current design in cigars packaging and many thing such as pen, car, furniture, cutlery, and so on.

Thank you for your great review. Reading your review, I decide to purchase this Illusione Haut 10. ^o^

What an incredible line-up of great wines! Fantastic!