LGC MdO4 - 2hr smoke time?

[bman75]

After a couple of months of rest, I broke into my LCG MdO4's this past week.  I'm getting close to two hours of full-flavored enjoyment by slow-sipping them, like smoking Virginia flake tobacco out of a pipe.  Draw is great - just a touch on the tighter side.  They are bit wetter than I like at the moment (65% @ 67F), which I'm sure contributed to the long smoke time.  Even so, I'm just amazed at how I'm getting a Churchill amount of time in a cigar that weighs less than a Perla.

Anyone else with the same experience?  

[rhcolbert]

Not 2 hrs but they seemed to last.  Enjoy them, what a fantastic cigar. 

[zeedubbya]

If you smoke them right it's a long smoke. I don't get 2 hrs, but I applaud you for doing so!  Absolutely the best way to enjoy a skinny.  Only in last year from being on here have I started to appreciate what a drier cigar and slowing way way down can do.  Thanks to FOH for that!  One of the biggest lessons I've learned here.  

[Dozerhead]

Not 2 hours for me, but what an amazing smoke!

[bman75]

The one I had tonight went a full two hours and two minutes.  I nubbed it to nothing, but that's still just ridiculous.  I'll need to get these drier because that's sign that I'm smoking them too wet.  But damn, the few I have had so far have been super tasty regardless.  My new favorite smoke. I avoided them for too long because I thought 32 rg would be too skinny.

[Notsocleaver]

Not quite two hours, but 1:30+ for me easily. Ive found that smoke time in my cigars is way more a function of length over any other factor. The MdO#4 weights less than a Monte #5 and smokes for nearly as long as a Monte #2. Thats a heck of a value in my book.

[LandCruiser]

I get about 1.5 out of them at 62% .... the lower humid seems to do these sticks wonders... really opens up the sweetness and flowery notes... absolutely sublime. In fact, I have come to enjoy them more than the Md02s 

[Fugu]

Yes, when properly rolled (and most are) it can be a surprisingly long smoke. Always an easy 85 min for me. Slow smoker, but not much of a 'nubber' here.

As @Notsocleaver states, smoke duration is more a function of length than of gauge, as you would usually adjust your smoking technique. And I like it so much with these, not needing to take double or triple draws (as in the volado rolls) before I taste something...

I said it before - for me, one of the best cigars coming out of Cuba right now.

[bman75]

Is it possible that this could be a 100% seco cigar?  With the 32 rg, not sure how they could get any ligero in there and it doesn't have a ton of body.  With such a small rg, I'm thinking burn properties would be fine without any volado.

[Smallclub]

12 hours ago, bman75 said:

Anyone else with the same experience?  

Definitely. It takes me even longer to smoke a Médaille d'Or No.3, which is longer but even thinner.  Long panatelas are meant to be tasted slowly, they're not supposed to inebriate you with smoke like a robusto would…

[finecigar]

Yes! I have found that that I spend at least 90 minutes with the No. 4s. They are delicious. 

[Aardwolf]

14 hours ago, rhcolbert said:

Not 2 hrs but they seemed to last.  Enjoy them, what a fantastic cigar. 

Same here.  The ETP boxes from last year have been solid and worth snagging another whenever they show on 24:24.  I have a box from 02 that's tempting a recall from the OLH, never had one with that type of age on it.  Good value but not quite PLMC value (within comparable sizes), although when young, I much prefer the #4.

[BrightonCorgi]

If you are digging the No. 4's, pick up some Culebras!