ROMEO Y JULIETA CEDROS #3 GOA MAY 2016: 46 South Review Weekend

[leepers]

Clean cut, cold draw was perfect. Nose was, as expected, cedar and slight cherry note that would be more apparent later. Wrapper a milk chocolate color without any heavy veination. Light was even and produced good smoke on ignition. First third was light to medium. Flavor of cedar present throughout, elegant smokiness and growing cherry. Fruitwood. Creaminess or the notion of it is the mouthfeel of full smoke here and some mild lactic acid notes on the mid tongue and back of the throat. For a cigar just two years from production, I found it very well balanced. Second third: growing strength to real medium. Flavors of cherry and the aromas of raw, kilned cherry wood. Slight bitterness did creep into the aftertaste here. Last third: The subtler notes of other fruitwood are gone. Cherry lingering but cedar and more cedar. Still clean and medium. Hints here of something else— fleeting bursts of vanilla cream. Pastry cream maybe. Might be great in the future as it further mellows with a dessert of strudel mit schlag. A nice and smoky finish.

 

Overall, a real pleasure. Clean, mostly medium and a nice balance of fruitwoods that fade to that clear and ringing cedar base that goes from start to finish.

[Wailbait]

Great review for a cigar I have been eager to try.

[RDB]

Lovely review, and encourages me to find these. I love the RJ cherrywood flavour, and this is a nice size.