Birthday cigars for Wifey

[aes8]

To celebrate the wife's birthday I decided to break out something that is not our everyday smoke.

I pulled out a TEB/Oct07 Partagas SdC No.3 and a FR/OASU Hoyo le Hoyo du Prince. The wife choose the SdC No.3 based on aroma alone.

Both cigars were blissful and very typical of their respective macara but at opposite ends of the spectrum when compared to each other.

The du Prince was light and flowery with a loose to standard draw. The flavor profile was typical of the macaras made for the French market.

The SdC No.3 delivered that typical older style Partagas flavor and, of course, had a tighter draw. Once again the wife makes the wiser choice, but I'm definately not complaining

[TonyV]

Please pass on Happy Birthday wishes to your wife.It seems to me whenever the missus has time to smoke a fine cigar,it always turns out to be a most beautiful day.Hope you both enjoy a wonderful day.

[Colt45]

Smoked my second to last P SdC3 a few days ago. Like the mailman, these have always delivered. These have all had firm, but not what I consider

tight or plugged draws. With these I take a full draw, but an easy draw - that is, I don't draw forcefully, but as long as I can until I reach the point of

full resistance, or until I get a full draw's worth of smoke.

[Smallclub]

The du Prince was light and flowery with a loose to standard draw. The flavor profile was typical of the macaras made for the French market.

And what would be that typical flavour profile? I've never heard about it here since I started to …err… "borrow" habanos in my father's humidor... and that was 30+ years ago…

AFAIK the "Hoyo du" series was created by a swiss merchant/importer based in Zurich (not even in french speaking Switzerland) – have to check in the MRN…

[aes8]

And what would be that typical flavour profile? I've never heard about it here since I started to …err… "borrow" habanos in my father's humidor... and that was 30+ years ago…

AFAIK the "Hoyo du" series was created by a swiss merchant/importer based in Zurich (not even in french speaking Switzerland) – have to check in the MRN…

The typical flavor profile, imo, is a lighter, floral, mild smoke. Not a ton of depth or complexity still enough. The le Hoyo line is more of a "thinking man's" cigar, similar to a Pinot Noir, where I see the P SdC line as a big red Cab. It comes big or not at all.

Your quote/reference is correct (me thinks you checked already ). This might have just been an assumption on my part given the "le".

Maybe Rob, Trevor, Wilkey, or Guy can shed some light on the intended markets for the Le Hoyo, Dipomatico, ERDM, and QdO lines.

Sadly I see these lines that are specifically produced and targeted for a specific European market being phased out, right along with the Euro.