Partagas Legado Edición Limitada 2020

[SigmundChurchill]

Partagas Legado Edición Limitada 2020    

This morning, I impatiently started this cigar in the parking lot of the cigar lounge while I was waiting for it to open.  It has a nice aroma, good pre light draw and seems to be of decent construction.  Colorado maduro wrapper, just a shade lighter than the typical maduro/oscuro I see in most EL’s.  

In the first 1/3, I am getting a woody flavor, that to my billy goat’s palate, tastes like oak or a whiskey that has been aged in an oak cask, along with a bitter (in a good way) orange taste that you might find in a orange rind, and some black pepper.  It is eerily reminiscent of the scent coming from the Old Fashioned my friend was drinking at dinner the other night.  

In the second 1/3 black pepper becomes predominant, but I still get hints of the wood, and orange rind that seems to be transforming into another flavor that I cant put my finger on.

The final 1/3 actually has become smoother than the first 2/3.  It is still peppery, but less so.  Add in some leather which I think is giving it it’s smoothness.  The oak is in the background, but I am tasting a lot of spices, like when my wife decides she wants to experiment by adding with 5 or 6 different spices to whatever it is she is cooking for dinner.

My biggest complaint about most EL’s is that they are boring.  They tend to have an overpowering oscuro EL wrapper that completely destroys any complexity that the blend might otherwise have.  That is not the case with this cigar.  It is a good, complex, and enjoyable cigar.  It is not the typical flavor profile that I seek, but if I had bought a box, I would not feel like my money has been wasted.  It is a flavor profile that many cigar smokers like, and for them, given 2 or 3 years to mellow out a little, I think this cigar is a definite win.

[Eric05]

Well I guess we will hear more when they are released in 2 years lol

[Lotusguy]

Well I guess we will hear more when they are released in 2 years lol

And when they are the real blend.... all too often the handouts from the Habanos festival don’t have much in common with the final release for the mere mortals.

[Hoepssa]

Ramon Allones LE 19:  oops...

[jfields]

Anyone know anything more about when Habanos plans to release these? 

[joeypots]

It's a great size so it has that going for it. Hermoso #2, 48X 6 ⅛.

[Edicion]

Great size. Can't wait to try