Seychelles - The Tale of Fourteen Cigars

[mgcrunch]

Returned from ten lovely days in Seychelles. A big thanks to @SokaKiel and @Aardwolf for the counsel about things to do out there. Wife and I had a blast. 

Anse Georgette is my new favorite beach, absolutely incredible. Go early and it's yours for a few hours. Much less crowded than Source d'Argent (which was also windy this time of year.) Wish we spent a day or two less in La Digue and turned that into time at Anse Georgette, but otherwise La Digue is a really relaxed place to be. Mahe was alright.

But onto the cigars!

Doha Layover

1.Gold and Souk Wakif. Thought the Embajador would totally blow my mind (I thought it was fantastic, even fresh, and the best days were ahead), but instead it was just a very good cigar. Bonus experience of great weather. 

Praslin

2. Estupendos. I know @photorob knows what's up, these are amazing! Bought a couple bottles at Duty Free, this Bowmore 15 is okay. I'm a peathead and this was a delicate change of pace I was not expecting. The fun citrus finish saves the bottle. 

3. Lusiadas. It was enjoyable, but not memorable. Aberlour 12 is decent, but once you've had a good batch of A'bunadh, you can't go back. 

4. Talisman (2017 box). Ugh, the humidity in Praslin killed my cigar smoking experience and this was one of the ones that took a big hit. Burn looked like a shipwreck. I had a nice time, but didn't see the greatness I had heard about. I also don't like cigars that are this expensive. 

5.  Monte 2 (2008 I think). Always a good time. 

6. Forbidden Fruit. Another challenging day with humidity, I think this was the same Talisman day. Rare Opus are rarely worth secondary and this fell somewhere near that characterization. Good, but not worth the fat stacks people are buying this for. 

La Digue

7. Pacificos. The Padron of cigars. Consistently good. I think this was on Grand Anse. That was a great day, trekking from our Air BnB on the west side an hour to Grand Anse, then another hour to Petit Anse then Anse Cocos (which was beautiful and found respite from the wind.)

8. Invictos. Anse Severe. Fantastic cigar, really enjoyed. Would love to smoke more!

9. Cohiba Lancero (2012 box.) This was a very good day, evidenced that I was puffing on this at 8:30 AM. 

10. Poderosos. Excellent. This was a late breakfast. 

11. Fonseca No 4. After lunch. I really though about getting in a fourth, but we left the beach and went gallivanting elsewhere. 

Mahe

12. Gold Medal for breakfast, thanks @RawkStar. Beau Vallon was a nice beach and this was a great as I followed up this cigar with...

13. Eslavo. LOVE this cigar. On my wedding day I cracked a bottle of Laphroaig 18 and smoked this. I won't be sad when I finished the last of the fiver I have, as it's been a great time, every time. 

14. Regalias (2011). Started raining, but thankfully took shade under a little umbrella. Smoked nicely. 

It was a great holiday. Recommend Seychelles as a place to visit. 

 

[Markspring1978]

5 minutes ago, mgcrunch said:

JLS4 . The Padron of cigars. Consistently good.

Very nice post. Glad you had a great time. 

This however was confusing. Looks like an SLR. What do you mean by “Padron of cigars”?

[mgcrunch]

1 minute ago, Markspring1978 said:

Very nice post. Glad you had a great time. 

This however was confusing. Looks like an SLR. What do you mean by “Padron of cigars”?

Some (maybe just me?) refer to Padron as the 'missionary sex' of cigars. They are consistent in their flavor, construction, and experience. It's certainly a great cigar, but sometimes you want more excitement. ?

That JSL4 is the same, I know I'm going to have a great time, but there are no surprises in store. 

[joeypots]

? What a line up!

[Rhinoww]

Great post and great photos. 

As a newbie I gotta ask, where does one find the different Bolis you were smoking. Are these all aged so long the cigars are no longer in production?  Are these only available on the secondary market?

[Colt45]

[Cigarsandmalts]

Wife? Congrats!!!

[inter4alia]

Outstanding post @mgcrunch! 

[havanaclub]

Very nice Khalil


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[MD Puffer]

14 hours ago, mgcrunch said:

Some (maybe just me?) refer to Padron as the 'missionary sex' of cigars. They are consistent in their flavor, construction, and experience. It's certainly a great cigar, but sometimes you want more excitement. ?

. 

Whaddya mean- like reverse lotus or crouching tiger?

[Fugu]

20 hours ago, mgcrunch said:

20 hours ago, Markspring1978 said:

Very nice post. Glad you had a great time. 

This however was confusing. Looks like an SLR. What do you mean by “Padron of cigars”?

That JSL4 is the same, I know I'm going to have a great time, but there are no surprises in store. 

He meant to say SLR Pacificos. The JL Selección No. 4 got the same format (am always mixing them up, too ).

Poderosos and Gold Medal 'for breakfast' - brave man @mgcrunch !

Great post, looks like a very nice holidays have been had.

Particularly like the Regalias in your line up .

[mgcrunch]

46 minutes ago, Fugu said:

He meant to say SLR Pacificos. The JL Selección No. 4 got the same format (am always mixing them up, too ).

Poderosos and Gold Medal 'for breakfast' - brave man @mgcrunch !

Great post, looks like a very nice holidays have been had.

Particularly like the Regalias in your line up .

Oops! Thanks for the correction.

[mgcrunch]

7 hours ago, MD Puffer said:

Whaddya mean- like reverse lotus or crouching tiger?

I'm working on a book matching every Habanos to positions in Karma Sutra. Quinteros Favaritos is a drunk night alone after the pub. 

[mgcrunch]

11 hours ago, Cigarsandmalts said:

Wife? Congrats!!!

Got married in June! Real quick civil ceremony. 

[mgcrunch]

16 hours ago, Rhinoww said:

Great post and great photos. 

As a newbie I gotta ask, where does one find the different Bolis you were smoking. Are these all aged so long the cigars are no longer in production?  Are these only available on the secondary market?

I had  bought some from other vendors at release or was kindly gifted the others. 

Our host sells some very interesting things as well.

[Rhinoww]

9 minutes ago, mgcrunch said:

I had  bought some from other vendors at release or was kindly gifted the others. 

Our host sells some very interesting things as well.

Great photo btw. And great catch finding a wife so tolerant of cigars  I was married for quite some time before I picked up the hobby and it took some “acclimation” on her part for me to smoke on the porch

I’m honing my skills to be around when 24:24 goes live. Practicing to get in on the next Bolis when they next come live. I may need to change my strategy a bit and go for the six packs though