Ramon Allones 'Bits of Havana' 1990's (RARW)

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Ramon Allones 'Bits of Havana'  1990s

Aroma at cold:   Not much, old leather, sour butter, bit of barnyard 

Cold Draw: Just a clean light tobacco taste

1^st Half Impressively this is Ramon Allones right out the gate, lovely creamy notes with that deep fruity raisin backdrop. Quite a bit of astringent woody tannins similar to that I smoked in a party SDC 3 the other day.  This is not shy and retiring, there is still pinch in the nose, and fizziness on the palate. Power in aged tubos and cellos are so enjoyable for this reason.  The power is present, but it’s perfectly directed.  Big flavour on the retro, and off the foot, but oddly not too much on the palate the finish is almost immediate.

2^nd Half  Touches of a milk chocolate that may have been a lot more present in it’s youth. Very enjoyable, a would of bought slabs of these back in the day if I could. But I think I may of preferred them young and wild.  The rosado in the wrapper is giving this lots of tang, which is working really well with the core raisin profile.   Theres is a great deal more grunt and woodiness in this than todays RA.  I think the name ‘Bits of Havana’ gives you an idea of what these were probably intended to be, i.e little snapshots of grunt and tang, and colour.  Hopefully these will make a comeback and not be called RA shorts!………..get Don Draper on the case!............................Lovely sweet strong finish

Conclusion  A lot of love for these.  Power, finesse, colour and vibrancy. Quite a long smoke time. I have no idea what they cost back in the day, but my guess is they would of been a uber bargain. One of the best puritos/chicos I've ever had

Score:   In their own bracket as a purito/chico, these have to be scoring quite highly  i.e. 94.     As a cigar against all the rest, a solid 89-90

[aphexafx]

How very, very cool!  Thanks for the review.  ?

[SenorPerfecto]

Cool!

[Derboesekoenig]

Awesome! Will be keeping a look out for these

[nKostyan]

Excellent! Thank you Stefan for this vintage RA review.

[Raskol]

Nice pictures & great review. Thank you.

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[PigFish]

Great review and share Stef...

Cheers! -R

[Chucko8]

Fantastic review. Thanks for that.

[SwissPEP]

Nice Review

Thanks 

[TheMonk]

Great review, well done!

[Bucky McSwensen]

A solid review of a rare unique stick!  Congrats on the win