Bolivar Royal Corona : ETP MAR 16 : Bolivar Review Comp 2016

[BMWBen]

This is my second cigar of the box, the first I had at the beginning of September after maybe a month in the humidor and got a weird chemical/grassy taste throughout the whole cigar.

first 1/3: Bitter cocoa/black coffee then a nice somewhat sweet tobacco taste. 

 

2/3: A mix of bitter cocoa and a little light coffee. Slight spice on some puffs. The nicest part of CC's vs. NC is the lack of pepper NC's are full of

3/3: More of the same flavors, I wasn't expecting too much complexity due to how young the cigar is. My main hope was that the chemical taste of the last one I tried was gone. More of the classic cuban twang in this last 1/3. The usual tar taste that comes with nubbing a cigar set in earlier than usual, maybe because of it's youth? 

Overall good construction/good burn and it shows potential to benefit huge from a few years of age. 88/100 but can easily see them getting to mid 90's in a few years.

[TheMonk]

Nice job, Boli RCs (as most Bolis, IMO) really do improve with age, it removes the harshness and brings out its true flavours.

[Mattb82]

I'm going through the same weird chemical/grass aftertaste as well on a box of 2011 RASS. They haven't been in anything other than a cedar cabinet. Really confusing me. Great review!