Quai D’Orsay Secretos SGA DIC 16 (PQDRW)

[David88]

I smoked this Friday evening, the temperature is heating up here but I’ve been a bit under the weather so didn’t want too long a smoke. 

Im not a big collector or even smoker of RE cigars, but the price on these is quite fair in France and they were readily available back in October. 

Construction seems good and the wrapper is fairly dark with a decent amount of oil. I paired this with water and a large black coffee. 

I don’t often think about the cold draw but this was noticeably sweet and just firm enough, a good sign I hoped!

The cigar is too small to talk about thirds and indeed there was little change from the beginning to end. I would describe the flavour as a sweetened nut with coffee and aromatic wood. Certainly very pleasant, body is mild but the flavour quite pronounced.

Although the cigar is short and I didn’t expect any changes or serious complexity, I was slightly disappointed that the second half didn’t see any increase in body. 

If you’re after a short n sweet cigar for a quick break (and you happen to be passing through France in the not too distant future) then do pick some up. For a RE they’re not badly priced. Final score would be a solid 90

[TheMonk]

Nice job! Haven't been a big fan of this one, but I've still got a box resting to see how they evolve.