Mystery monster

[ayepatz]

I’m currently enjoying this mystery Cuban cigar, gifted by a friend.

I confess I am stumped! Absolutely no idea what it could be! Closest I can guess is Davidoff Gran Corona. 

Size seems to be around 49 x 215.

Definitely an old cigar. Very smooth and balanced, fantastic construction and burn. Lovely, but fragile ash. Medium bodied. Shows a woodiness and a dominant milky coffee note. Slight nuttiness on the retrohale. Hint of sweetness. 

Any ideas what it might be, chaps? 

(Lusitania for comparison.)

 

[stogieluver]

Could it be a Reynaldo?

[Philc2001]

Seems a bit short to be a Gran Corona, which tends to be about 235mm by 47, and obviously too long to be a prominente like the Lusitania. Do you suppose it was a custom roll? I don't know what else it could be.

[kalibratecuba]

I'm thinking one of the customs from Ravi.

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[ayepatz]

I’m inclined to agree that it was a custom, though no idea who rolls this size. 

[Derboesekoenig]

Looks like Maravilla size. There was just a picture posted comparing a HdM Maravilla to a DC

[Corylax18]

21 minutes ago, Derboesekoenig said:

Looks like Maravilla size. There was just a picture posted comparing a HdM Maravilla to a DC

Maravilla are 55 rg and I think 230 or 240mm long, real monsters. 

I think this is definitely a custom roll of some kind. It looks beautiful and like a mold was used when it was constructed. Molds that size (length) don't grow on trees, especially in Cuba. The wrapper is also beautiful, so probably a roller with access to good tobacco. It could be Reynaldo, but he typically cranks the RG up faster than the length, so I would lean another direction. How old is "definitely old"? Do you have anymore info on the vintage? La Chine used to roll some pretty large cigars when she was still rolling. I have some Rodolphoish size customs from her that are out-of-this-world nut-bombs. 

[ponfed]

I was thinking a Sancho Panza Sancho, that would have lost its band.

 

[earthson]

Just screams "custom roll" to me. While Reynaldo is an excellent guess, many of the rollers will roll whatever vitola you want if they have the tobacco to support it.

I recently finished some Carlos Fernandez "lanceros." They were about 8.5 x 40/42 and were supposedly a "Behike blend." While that could just be fanciful marketing on the part of the secondary market I scored them from, they were utterly perfect cigars with Cohiba-orange wrappers and had complex, evolving flavors that went on and on.

To be honest, it's impossibly to tell, but the cigar in question above doesn't look VERY old.

[ayepatz]

31 minutes ago, earthson said:

To be honest, it's impossibly to tell, but the cigar in question above doesn't look VERY old.

Appearances can be deceptive! Lol

The wrapper was very delicate and required judicious application of gum Arabic to restore its appearance.

The flavours were notably different from recent customs I picked up in Havana, and closer to those I’ve had from older cigars (in the 20 to 30 year zone) in my collection. 

[ayepatz]

2 hours ago, ponfed said:

I was thinking a Sancho Panza Sancho, that would have lost its band.

 

Not long enough, and a little thicker (said the actress to the bishop). ?

[ayepatz]

On 10/10/2018 at 12:08 AM, Derboesekoenig said:

Looks like Maravilla size. There was just a picture posted comparing a HdM Maravilla to a DC

Bizarrely, I was also gifted a Maravilla by the same friend on the same evening! I stuck a pic up in the other thread. It’s a much bigger cigar.