Pick the dominant flavours that you can normally discern in a cigar.

[RickHendeson]

2 hours ago, Colt45 said:

My votes are for flavors I typically encounter on a regular basis, and does not include other flavors I am able to discern but might encounter less frequently.

 

4 minutes ago, RickHendeson said:

 

Hmmm but on that basis you're necessarily defining your palate so much as defining the spread that most cigars have to offer.  I dunno.  Maybe that was the point of the exercise.

 

OK that suggests a whole different poll I'd like to see:  "Pick the flavors that you can discern, and want to, but seldom do."  Which is another way of asking:  What blend elements does Cuba seem to be sparse on?

 

For me it would probably be Grains, and Cream.  

[El Hoze]

Great thread. I checked more than I would have thought. I second the manure one, amazing the amount of money I spend in search of cigars that I'd describe as smelling like manure. 

I also occasionally pick up what smells to me exactly like Catholic church incense (aka frankincense) which I believe is some form of a tree resin. I have to be in the mood for it but I love it. In get it in some Boli CG on a fairly regular basis. But the cigar that I find it most in are San Cristobal Mercaderes, though they're not in the normal line-up. Those cigars smell exactly like a Catholic church to me. And for me taste is heavily a smell thing w cigars. 

 

[Colt45]

2 hours ago, RickHendeson said:

Hmmm but on that basis you're necessarily defining your palate so much as defining the spread that most cigars have to offer.

Yes - I'm not exactly sure how RA meant it, but I read it as flavors I find most common as opposed to all the flavors I'm actually able to detect.

[RickHendeson]

1 hour ago, Colt45 said:

Yes - I'm not exactly sure how RA meant it, but I read it as flavors I find most common as opposed to all the flavors I'm actually able to detect.

 

Well there was an emphasis on "flavors that you encounter on a regular basis" but, in the literal interpretation, that just becomes (assuming you believe consistent profiles actually exist) simply a survey on what cigars you smoke, not how your palate works or even what palette (see what I did there) you think Habanos offer . . .

 

In other words, maybe I only encounter Wood on a regular basis, but then again, maybe I only smoke HU on a regular basis too . . . What is that telling us then?  Not much.  Maybe I rarely encounter Grass -- but that's only because I can afford Cohibas 6x per year -- though I encounter Grass every single time I smoke one . . . .

 

So if I only smoke 6 Cohiba a year, but get Grass every time, does that count??

 

Damn Rob and his totally ambiguous social experiments!!!  

[HabanosNJGuy]

15 hours ago, backbone said:

Reading Robs description of cigars on 24/24 helps me pickup on some of the notes in a cigar. 

Cocoa is a tough one for me.  I taste the note, it just isn't what I would call "cocoa".

Most of the "taste" comes through a slight retro hale for me.

I don't like reading descriptions before I smoke a cigar.  I either convince myself I can taste what is described or feel I'm missing out if I don't.  I'll read about it afterwards to compare my impression with that of reviewer.