Cohiba Siglo II AMO NOV 15 COHRW

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There are some Marcus that I don’t sample often because I don’t own many of them (ERDM and VR I’m looking at you) but there are others that I don’t sample because, well I don’t know.  Cohiba is that brand for me.  I certainly own a few boxes but rarely smoke them.  I trace this back to the Halloweens of my youth.  After trick or treating, I ate all the crappy candy and saved the “good stuff” for the future.  By the time I wanted to try the Kit Kat the following July, it had gone bad.  Good lesson to learn.  

I was excited to pull out a nice Laguito s2.

under incandescent light, there was a slight grey cast to the wrapper.  Not very sheeny.  Outdoors, it was prettier.  Prelight smell was non existent but I have found that many of the better Cohibas I have had have very little prelight aroma.

First half:

Starts very well.  The lemongrass and light citrus that people rave about is present.  It’s a very “relaxing” smoke and doesn’t have any of the tar and ash components that I associate with Cuban Cigars.  Great funk though.  

Second half.  

Burn line is sharp.  Draw is perfect.  Construction is great.  As I’m starting to miss the bass notes, the second half introduces a nice strong boost, like adding a woofer to a pair of mini monitor speakers.  While the first half was gentle and delicate, this half is more harmonious. What’s interesting is that smoke volume didn’t change much, only flavor intensity.

Overall I am impressed with this cigar.  I believe I will try to have more although I think it’s still very much on its uphill of evolution.  In a bit of time, this could be a 94 point cigar.  As it stands, I give it a 92.