ajgagnon Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I took the day off today. Life's tough. Big question... what to pull from the humidor? This box of Partagas Serie P No. 2 came from the airport duty free in Santa Clara. Beautiful, rich wrappers. I started this morning at about 11:00 am with a retro mini coke and Ron Santiago de Cuba. Headed out to the yard, where the sun is out, the rain has passed, and the garden is just coming up. I lit with two wooden matches, the last in the box. The first inch or so was pretty mild and although 'nice', it wasn't overly impressive. Good amount of smoke, lovely aroma, but thin in the flavour department, at least for a Partagas pyramide. The choice of rum and coke seemed wise at first, but produced a bit of a sour finish, so I switched to Brazilian americano. Really, life is tough. Slowly, this cigar started to pick up steam. Mostly mild coffee and toasted tobacco. Welcome flavours, but not overly pronounced. Boy, the coffee made a better pairing. More birdsong and sunshine... emerging flavours of rum cake perhaps, and medium body. The cigar went out, surprisingly. Didn't have a lighter so had to improvise. My tabletop lighter is probably bigger than yours... nice smoking beside the garage! Beautiful flavours on relight, believe it or not. Richer baking spice, coffee, tobacco. Very core, but still not more than medium. Damn, it went out again. The practicality of my tabletop lighter recedes... found some more wooden matches. Well, I can say that so far this cigar has taken well to being re-lit (something I don't like to do). Much richer now, I can feel the coffee and nicotine on my empty stomach. Now past the halfway point, this stick is showing all the strength you'd expect from a P2... I'm a bit lightheaded, still sitting down! This small batch Brazillian espresso is great... something I picked up at Bumpy's, a cafe near my old office... chocolate, lighter flavours than you'd expect... just what I needed to round out the flavours of this cigar. Just keeps getting richer and stronger. Perfect draw, supple wrapper. Darker flavours and warm sunshine. Enter a bit of dark coffee and milk chocolate. Approaching the nub. This may be a story you've heard before, but it's just great to experience. Another re-light, and now clove and allspice, coffee and rich tobacco. This is what I expected. Man, I love it when a plan comes together. I'm getting more chocolate and baking spice, laden with rich coffee and bean, maybe a bit of vanilla. Mmmm. It's like Hamlet's cigar! Ooh, bit of menthol and liquorice, and a bit of tar (but still good). My americano tastes light in comparison! Ok, I'll sign off as I approach the last inch. I'd say this cigar started off too light to rate properly, but has evolved into something great. I look forward to these in a couple of years. In all, this cigar demanded a bit of patience. I'm glad I chose today to smoke it, with nobody around and the sun shining. As it heats up it's still getting better... I'm going to say this went from an 87 start to a 91-92 finish over about 2 1/2 hours. Hard to beat what I've got now, especially from a duty free cigar! Be well, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Great review. Nice ashtray. Is that actually from the Hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajgagnon Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 ... and rich cream right at the end. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajgagnon Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 Yep... from my wedding at the Hotel Nacional. Truly blessed. I even got a friend to haul it home for me while we went on honeymoon to Vinales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazoseagle Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Great Review. This is one of my favorite Cigars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick17 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 grate review makes me want to one, note i havent had a PSP2 in a year or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styler Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 This is a favourite of mine as well, underrated within the Partagas stable I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozerhead Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Partagas is one of my favorite marcas but I've always had mixed results with the PSP2, though. Sounds like you had mixed results in one cigar, but I'm glad it finished on a high note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajgagnon Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 Aaah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickdrinker Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 nice review. that ashtray is sooo heavy, yet sooo nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chr0nic Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Excellent review... out of all the CC's I've had over the past 6mths, this is the one that has 'blown me away' so-to-speak. Going to smoke one tonight and watch the two latest ep's of "Game of Thrones"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isa Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Thanks for the nice review. I have had quite a few of these & if i am not mistaken, its good, but not great for me usually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.T Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Great review and description of flavors. I'm going through an 2011 box right now that are smoking superb!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeo Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Great review, even better ashtray Bart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smk819 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I love the PSP2, but not the one I smoked Sunday night. It had burn probles galore. It probabli went out 10-15 times and tunneled from the first 1/3 until the end I have about 7 left in the box and have nothing but good memories of the rest of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beamer Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 The two I've had were unimpressive. I do realize that two isn't a large sample, but I've been much more impressed with the D4 and the 898. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I've tried this cigar since it's initial release & it always falls in the "good but nothing special" catagory. Frankly, the only current production Partagas I find outstanding is the 898. Luckily, I'm well supplied with 98 TPCs, 02 Lonsdales & 06 Coronas. THOSE are some old school Partagas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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