Aged Cohiba Siglo V (2006)

[JohnS]

Cohiba Siglo V

Format: Dalia

Dimensions: 43 ring gauge x 170 mm

Date: Saturday 9th of April, 2016

Cold Draw: Barnyard (again) but more honey/oak profile. The draw is more tighter than I'd prefer

Lit: 12:00 p.m.

Initial Draw: Cohiba grass/honey but minimal smoke. Plenty of flavour. The next few draws I pick up spice.

First Third: The cigar settles quickly into a Cohiba grass/honey and spice with oak profile. Smoke output is now okay. Halfway through the first third and this is starting to become a wonderfully pleasant cigar. There's some nice spice coming through.

Second Third: At the beginning of the middle third I get more of the cold-draw flavours, grass/honey and oak with the strength now mild-medium. Halfway through the middle third, there's some stronger coffee/tobacco flavours with a creamy aftertaste after each draw. At the end of the middle third, the cigar is now milder, with more creamy notes on the aftertaste. The creaminess is now really coming through every time I puff on the cigar, and I have to tell myself to slow down on the draws!

Final Third: The final third continues to be creamy, with spice again coming through. Cohiba grass/honey and cream with coffee, while still being mild-medium, what we have here is a classic aged cigar! I take the band off, as I know from experience that shifting it off will possibly tear the wrapper. The final third is a complex mix of flavours, mild-medium with spice and not hot at all! What a brilliant change-of-pace cigar! Nubbed at 2 hours and I immediately think to myself, "I could easily do that again!".

[irratebass]

Excellent review......looks it was a good one!

[westg]

Thanks John ...on of my favourites

[bolivr]

Great review, thank you!

[BOTL]

Excellent review. Thank you for your efforts.

[planetary]

Terrific review series.

[Gunson]

Great job. I haven't had these in over ten years. You're making me nostalgic.