Diplomaticos No. 2 LGR APRIL 2018 (MMRW)

[leepers]

The Diplo 2 is about as great a standard of excellence as a regular cigar smoker can expect. I’ve never had one I hated. I’ve had some astonishing examples. Some, in fact, out of this very box. This example, dear reader, was not of that ilk. 
 

it began with an strange draw. About twenty percent tougher than ‘standard Cuban’ which I always think is just enough restraint so you taste the full bolus of a puff. Keeps you honest. This was too tough. Like trying to pull the proverbial golf ball through a garden hose. Not that bad, but not far off. As a result, the cigar did not burn at the proper temperature, did not produce the full volume of smoke, nor the spectrum of flavors I’m used to, Diplo 2. 
 

I have loved this box, I spoke to another one on another day and it was excellent. But this was the example that shows the smoke for this review. There was a muted sense of cedar and darker woods but they were lost due to the lack of a proper burn. Normally fruitwood, some cherry, even coffee and light cocoa notes have shone from this box. But dear reader, I cannot say that was so here. I will let another later this week or early next and report back.

 

The middle third became tougher to smoke; I never actually got around whatever the plug was. It smoked just well enough to continue and not put down, but it was not enjoyable to the full. 

[Wailbait]

Great review.  I’ve been excited by lgr Diplo prospects!

[Akela3rd]

Shame, but at least the others have been good. I had one a couple of weeks ago at JJFox and it was a wonderful smoke - a box is on the wish list...

Sent from 47171 Lempo 

[Fugu]

Liked the '18s I had. Indeed, mostly snuggly packed, very nice wrappers and med- to med-full, full-force smoke. A bit tricky to keep them going. But these will no doubt immensely profit from a bit more patience.