Cohiba Esplendidos 1998 FWRC

[rk1900]

"A brief explanation on why I don’t have my box codes.  Unfortunately for me, my home burned down in a fire and all my boxes burned.  Fortunately for me, most of my cigars were stored in another location, especially my “Cuban Experiment.”  After reading about how aging benefited cigars, I decided set aside 9 Cuban boxes of various sizes in 1998 to see how they aged.  This cigar is from that collection. "

I had previously did another review and i just copied that above from that review to save me time.  The real difference is that this cigar was born in 97.  The reason why I know that is, I bought this box in order to celebrate the future birth of my first son, but for review sake I just labeled it as 1998.

 

 

Rather than give a typical review I decided to refer to my notes that I've kept during this experiment for this particular cigar during the years in which I sampled.

"Note" - To me and my taste buds you can generally get smooth/creamy coffee, cedar, earth, and a light creamy chocolate flavors with a smooth finish medium body.  To me creamy best describes an esplendido, just take whatever flavor you deem and add creamy to the front.

1998-Flavors listed above are prominent, aged tobacco, medium body

2000-Smoother than what I remember, still medium body, flavors more pronounced

2005-Those ever so slight flavors of hay/nut have vanished.  Cream notes throughout the smoke.  Still medium bodied.  Consistently smooth.

2010-This cigar is a very smooth, mellow, creamy beast.  The prominent flavors are still there, but the subtle flavors have all but disappeared.  This cigar plateaued somewhere since the last time I tested this cigar. 

2015-Still the same ole smoke, but flavors have mellowed slightly.  Is this what I attribute to added creaminess?  Body is shifting to medium/light.  Is this the final change for this cigar?

2019-Best cigar I've had today period.  (NOTE:  My son turned 21 the day I wrote that entry.  I gave one cigar to him in order to share what I had saved from the celebration of his birth.  I guess I'll smoke another when he get married)