La Gloria Cubana Medaille d'Or No.4 ETP OCT 16: Halftime Scoreboard 18

[MrGlass]

The La Gloria Cubana Medaille d'Or No.4 is a cigar that, to my knowledge, basically exists to hold a trademark.  With the rest of the line discontinued, or just nonexistent in the case of the No.2, this is a cigar easily overlooked.  The size and shape is completely at odds with current trends, and it's at the more expensive end of the cheap and cheerful spectrum – it really doesn't have a lot jumping out for it.

Sometime in the last 18 months, I picked up a quarter box of these just to try for the sake of it.  And these cigars absolutely blew me away.  I couldn't believe how much flavour and personality they were able to squeeze into these tiny little sticks, and I knew from the first one that it would not be my last.  Since then, these cigars have been a regular for me and not one has let me down so far.  This is definitely a cigar that is batting well above its league.  I took some of these to a Christmas party last year and they took everyone by surprise.

For this review, I grabbed one and headed out for a stroll late in the evening.  It opened with chocolate sultanas before moving over to fruitcake with just a slight cocoa dusting.  Through the middle third, the fruitcake remained while the cocoa faded away. Going into the final third, a spiciness paired with that glorious fruit sweetness through to the end.  Despite its size, the smoke time was around an hour and I was sad to see it finish.  These unassuming little sticks still continue to amaze me, and all this review has reminded is that I need to pick up a lot more of them for the future.  They have been, without a doubt, my most valuable cigar to date in 2018.

[Derboesekoenig]

Thanks for the review! I will definitely be on the lookout for any reg production LGC when in Cuba. I have only tried their ERs thus far, and those were my favorites of 2018 so far.

[JohnInCleveland]

13 hours ago, Derboesekoenig said:

Thanks for the review! I will definitely be on the lookout for any reg production LGC when in Cuba. I have only tried their ERs thus far, and those were my favorites of 2018 so far.

Only one left is the 4's.  They're pretty readily available and, I'd imagine, quite cheap on the island.  

[Hookmaker]

Totally agree, here’s one from this morning - I love these long slimmies in the morning ?

 

[ElPuro]

3 hours ago, Hookmaker said:

Totally agree, here’s one from this morning - I love these long slimmies in the morning ?

 

At first I didn't realize the photo was sideways and was amazed at how you'd done that. DOH!

[Hookmaker]

At first I didn't realize the photo was sideways and was amazed at how you'd done that. DOH!

I’m at the space station, doesn’t matter how you hold the cup - the cigar will always be stuck to it

[TheMonk]

Good job, thanks!