Partagás Presidentes 2007

[Bartolomeo]

-First Presidentes I have ever smoked

-Initial puffs are leather, spicy and grassy, sort of surprising for a Partagas to have the grass show up

-Mild in strength from the start, ash hung on for a while in the shape of the tip of the cigar, kind of cool, slight box press

-Small amounts of smoke, no draw problems like others have experienced and construction was pretty good

-Leather/cedar/tannins with a nice, sticky sweetness apparent in the 1/3

-Flavors a little muted in 2/3 with only toasted tobacco, pepper and leather showing up, but light

-Leather along with some Florals are in the last 1/3, solid Medium in profile, better than 2/3 for sure

-Short finish on throat with not a lot of aftertaste

-End of cigar was anti-climatic

-I would say the 1/3 was my favorite part and the cigar kind of went down hill from there, decent cigar but nothing great

-8.5/10

Bart