First CC Cohiba Siglo II: Circa 2010: Throwback Review Weekend

[Jfeath74]

My throwback review is of the first Cuban cigar I ever smoked and what was the start of a journey down a rabbit hole that lead me to the dozens of boxes that I currently smoke on today. The cigar was a 2010 Cohiba Siglo II, the time and place was July 2015 on the patio bar at the Park Hyatt Zurich, I paired the cigar with a Mojito and had myself one hell of a time. If anyone is in Zurich, Switzerland I highly recommend the cigar selection and the Mojito's at the Park Hyatt! Before this cigar i had probably smoked 20 or so Dominican/Nicaraguan cigars. Always enjoyed them but never had my own humidor, just kind of smoked them on occasion type of deal. This Cohiba though was something unlike anything else I ever had. There was a sweetness to it, now what I would recognize as honey notes, that absolutely blew my mind. I had no idea cigars could be so good! The cigar I smoked today (Cohiba Siglo II MEL OCT 16) was good but far from the Sigllo II throwback i'm writing about. Don't get it wrong the Zurich Siglo II had 5 years on it opposed to 1 and change and the one I had today could potentially be that good in time, it just didn't have the Honey spine like the Zurich cigar that I still think about every time I light up a Cohiba. In fact no cigar has lived up to that first Cohiba. Granted I don't have any 5 year Cohiba's, so maybe in due time I will be rewarded with what I remember as the best cigar I've ever had! 

Throwback Cigar in Zurich

Throwback Siglo II 

Siglo II I smoked today for Throwback Review