Partagas D4 EME 18 Cigar and drink pairing

[Chucko8]

Cigar, beer and rum session review.

Pairing the Partagas D4 with Mountain Goat Summer Ale then moving onto Dipolomatico reserva exclusiva rum.

Cold draw gives a light spicy peppery feel on the lips.

·         1/3 – light white pepper, cinnamon with an underlying light sweetness. The Summer ale is an easy drinker with subtle noise of tropical fruits and has subtle citrus bitterness which helps to not over power the flavours of the cigar. I like to refer to it as a can of 'fanta' due to the orange colour of the can.

·         2/3 – Pepper has packed it's bags and left the show, cinnamon burnt caramel, nutty cedar profile kicking on. Another can of summer ale 'fanta' put away during this area and then onto the rumbo. Oh how the rumbo bought out that nut and burnt caramel feel. Bloody heavenly.

·         3/3 – Voluptuous smoke content is like a dream. Beautiful balance of the flavours from 2/3rd. A light harshness as got toward the end which took me by surprise as to be honest I wasn't ready for it to be at the end, was obviously enjoying it too much and started to take it down a little quick. There's more rum left in the bottle damn it, another cigar need.

Overall impression is that this cigar is a beautiful medium bodied cigar which would pair with a lot of drinks. From start to finish this cigar had an easy draw which was well defined and delivered balanced flavours with plenty of smoke. 

[Markspring1978]

Excellent review, well written and entertaining. 

[KavalanWhisky]

Excellent review, love the D4 and good smoke for such a young stick.

[Chucko8]

2 hours ago, Markspring1978 said:

Excellent review, well written and entertaining. 

Thanks for the support and glad you enjoyed it.

[Chucko8]

37 minutes ago, KavalanWhisky said:

Excellent review, love the D4 and good smoke for such a young stick.

Cheers mate. Time for you to bust out another bubble tea review. You free Friday evening for a catch up?