Popular Post leepers Posted March 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2019 The Fonseca mark is really an insider’s game. Most casual smokers will mistake it for its domestic cousin. Most who seek Cuban cigars either casually or early will shy away. Unsure. What is that? Can I be confident smoking...what is that? It’s not a Cohiba or an R and J. Not a Monte. What is a Fonseca? What is the Cosaco? Fonsecas are the season inside baseball smoke. Quality is terrific and value off the charts. I regularly smoke the #1 and am never disappointed. The cigars themselves are so unique in spirit, size and how they come to you. First: there’s no band. You peel that off (or if you’re me, you invert the dress tissue off like a ghost being banished by) and it’s in a dress box, each one wrapped in white tissue. The size is also odd here. The better known #1 is one of the most elegant Lonsdales you’ll ever hold. This is smaller. Between a corona and mareva I am told. I have no idea what the latter is but it’s bigger. This cigar is fresh. Hints of flowers, mild cocoa with leather being prominent early. Second third gets peppery with strength building. White pepper, edge of an herbaceous feel. Like parsley or chervil (that hint of anise). Last third is more power but still on the easier side if medium. The Cosaco is really like knowing how to bet craps, like knowing how an old clutch feathers. This cigar and you’re having it in your stash is like knowing great suit jackets have working buttons and yours doesn’t too. No one else needs to know. You do. You know how to nod at a stranger at the bar. How to make a fire. What it’s like to look off a safety or when to pull a steak. This smoke is excellent. But part of the experience is knowing you’re smoking a thing most pass by. Hardly know. And you can just hand one to a bud and know your just showed them the door to the inside. Now they’re in. And a smoke between friends becomes a smile and nod. We know. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonk Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Nice review! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Great stuff, I never knew that about the Cosacos either, I even went and did a bit of digging on CCW! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlson Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Sold! Just went for some No. 1's. Must try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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