Quai d'Orsay Robustos Diplomaticos. Francia Regional Release SGA AGO 15

[fabes]

1/3 Pepper, some sour cream tang, little citrus

2/3 Dark dark honey, and spices. Can't pin point the spice, probably fresh cracked black pepper. Some wonky burn happening. 

3/3 More of the above but with an earthy/leathery undertone. 

Nothing close to QdO marca flavors. 

The other two I've had from the box were really good and resembled QdO a bit, but were more similar to QdO superiores when on. I picked up two boxes on release as I was pretty excited for them. One with dark wrappers (sad for QdO) and one with lovely lighter wrappers. I've been slowly smoking out of the dark wrapper box as a gauge for when to dig into the lighter wrapper box. 

Conclusion is that I will most likely wait another year before sampling. I'm in no rush to burn through the box. The sample I just smoked indicated long legs to work out over time.

[TheMonk]

Nice job! To me these tasted along the lines of the marca, but I agree that they definitely seem to need more time to shine.

[Guest Nekhyludov]

Nice review, @fabes. I only had one of these on my recent trip, and I dropped it halfway through and had to cut an inch and a half off of it to keep it smoking. So I never really got a good sense of it. 

And I agree, the lighter wrappers are much better on QdO, IMO. 

[FatPete]

Has anyone tried the new Quai d’Orsay Secreto Cubano Edición Regional Francia 2017? 

im asking as I hope to pick up a box in Belgium next week.

[Jeremy Festa]

Nice one mate, 

Never had one of these. But I liked the Embajador. Still have one. And I loved the Superiores a great deal. One of my all time faves. 

#lightwrappersforlyfe ??

[PatrickEwing]

Just lit one of the two I own. Wow. What a start. Great construction, ton of smoke. Light honey and I think I'd agree with the cracked pepper mentioned before.