H. Upmann Magnum 56 TOS December 2015 (BGRW)

[leepers]

So bring out the big guns, Rob said. I’ve been refraining from smoking; this is a respiratory disease and I was ill. I’m recovered now (I don’t know if I had SARS CoV2 or not) and decided: If I’m gonna smoke one and enjoy it, it’s gonna be a big gun regardless. Great to see a big guns competition happening so...happenstance. 
 

The Mag 56 is pretty legendary in its own right. It’s not so rare, it’s like an Ivory billed woodpecker. But it isn’ a run-of-the-mill cigar. I’d venture most Uppman enthusiasts have tried it but most average cigar smokers probably haven’t. It’s a cigar that’s been rewarding to smoke since its release, which is very rare as I find most limitadas require age just like most any other Cuban cigar. 
 

The Magnum 56 has copious amounts of smoke which makes sense given it’s ring gauge and length. It’s smokes with intensity and yet still has complexity: notes of Spicebox, leather, cedar. Soft fruits: some pear and fruit wood into the second third. This is where it just has flavor for days. Twang, sure. But it’s pulling orange peel, a touch of coffee and some lactic acid cream. It’s pushing strength a bit too but never gets last medium/medium plus even in the last bit. The last third is darker chocolate nearly. Not quite but I sensed it. More leather. Musk. It finished all the way through as a delight. 
 

The cigar smoking in perfect condition right now. I like that even when it came out. Now, it’s perfection. It probably could hold this, right where it is right now, for our 3 to 4 years. But I don’t think the cigar goes 10 or 15 years after this. It would mellow out too much and lose so many of its flavor profiles. If you have one, you know you’re lucky, smoke ’em. We’re living in an odd and strange time I think we’re gonna be all right. But there’s a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety in the world is turned upside down. In the Yawning maw of a pandemic what one cigar is over another may not matter very much, but a small pleasure, a little delight reminds us of the joy we feel and how connected we are to each other through this forum and the camaraderie of smoking cigars. Hope everyone is safe, and keep us healthy. 

[Gamehawker]

Nice review. I had two sealed boxes of these incredible cigars and regrettably I had to sell one box. But on the bright side I have one full box left.