Trinidad Reyes - MUP MAY 19 (SSSTRW)

[david9985]

This is the first smoked from the box which was purchased here and has been resting for six months. I have always felt the Reyes has distinctive tea flavours and so that – along with the fact it was a cold evening – is why I paired it with a flask of earl grey.

It is a good-looking cigar with a smooth, thin wrapper. Aroma at cold is of milk chocolate.

There is a large volume of smoke for the small size and it lights easily and burns well from the start. I have always placed a high value on how well a cigar burns and would be more than willing to make some sacrifice on flavour for a well-mannered burn. Throughout the first third it is immaculate.

Flavours that I can pick out are tea, milk chocolate and mushroom. Very classy and smooth delivery. It occasionally hints at a sweetness which is enjoyable while it lasts but the return to the base flavours is also welcome. I am really enjoying the Trini.

There is not a great deal of change to the profile but at times the flavours remind me of a Mag 50, albeit more subtle. At other times the sweetness that drifts in and out is reminiscent of a Sancho Panza Molino.

As pleasant as this stick tastes, the quality of the burn is outstanding. When part of the wrapper gets a couple of millimetres behind, to see the fine burn line coming together from both sides to immediately even things out is a real treat. Smoking this has been no effort: no fighting a wonky burn or consciously thinking about having to draw regularly. It has been a cigar I can trust and relax with.

In summary:

55min smoking time, flavours of tea, milk chocolate and mushroom, superb construction and burn

91/100 

 

Thanks for reading!

[rcarlson]

I enjoy these too.  Can't say I ever got milk chocolate and mushroom, but maybe some variations of similar tastes.  Definitely some refined earthiness.   

[david9985]

Tea is the core flavour I get. The milk chocolate aspect was most noticeable in the aroma at cold but I could detect the same taste while smoking. Mushroom... well that is harder to define! It was a hard flavour to pick out and when I tried to put a name to it I was struggling but.. mushroom was the only descriptor popping into my head.

[old surf dog]

Thanks for the review. I have a box (RAG MAY 18) that I have been holding for a year and a half. I had one ROTT but it wasn't good. Tasted like grass, but not the good kind. Maybe its about time to have another one.

[Bmbroads]

Interesting flavor notes.  Big Reyes fan and most recent box is jul 2019.  All spice, cream, touch of chocolate, a bit of toasted tobacco...

enjoy the rest of the box- one of the best!