Cohiba Siglo III PUR NOV 16: Weekend Review Competition

[havanaclub]

Absolutely love the size of this vitola and was very excited to light this one up.
I dry boxed this for a few days.
 
Paired with an Aussie Moscato Jacobs Creek and finished with a goose island ISA beer.
 

 
1st: Cohiba grass/hay
2nd: the sweetness picked up in the second third where I was getting a touch of honey.
The retrohale was very smooth and really helped to bring out the honey sweetness.
3rd: more of the classic Cohiba flavour and was transitioning into some nutty flavours..maybe almond?
 
Burn was pretty good, it did require a few touch ups. The wrapper on this was fairly dark with some oils present. The draw was spot on and I decided to do a V cut as it was very densely packed.
 
Classic cigar that I really enjoyed!
I would rate it a 93 easy.
 
 
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[JohnS]

Thanks for the review. For me, this is a personal favourite as I love this vitola and cigar.

[havanaclub]

Thanks for the review. For me, this is a personal favourite as I love this vitola and cigar.

Thanks John, I think this cigar will be that much better with a few more years age.


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[NYMets01]

Interesting perspective on the v-cut. 

Do you typically determine cut based on how packed the cigar appears?

For me, it’s sinply more that I prefer the v-cut. Seems cleaner overall but never really thought about it matching up with whether a cigar is over or underfilled. 

[havanaclub]

Interesting perspective on the v-cut. 
Do you typically determine cut based on how packed the cigar appears?
For me, it’s sinply more that I prefer the v-cut. Seems cleaner overall but never really thought about it matching up with whether a cigar is over or underfilled. 

Not really, but I have noticed that a V cut does tend to open up the draw more than let’s say a punch or a little straight cut. I mainly like to punch but would never V cut an underfilled spongy cigar.


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[patrick_harmon44]

Picked up this same box code and love them so far. I agree a couple to a few years and these will gain a lot of balanced complexity.

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