Cohiba Talisman REG DIC 17 (BGRW)

[havanaclub]

Haven’t had one in about a year so I decided to fire one up on Easter Sunday.

The few that I have smoked were very good imo but did feel like they needed more time. Let’s see how this one goes.

 

Used a straight cut and paired with some HC7.

 

The draw was easy but not by much. Aroma at cold was a pungent barnyard with a touch of cedar. The wrapper was colorado maduro in shade and somewhat rough with some good oil content. It was very well packed.

 

1st: this had the classic EL cocoa notes right off the bat with a cedar and slight grassy background. Pepper on the retro. This leads me to believe they need to rest a while longer to smooth the retro out.

 

2nd: the strength really picked up towards the end of the second third, I don’t recall my first few I smoked being this strong. There was a very nice sweet hay, cedar note with some dark coffee notes. I can see with time, this should bring out a little more complexity to the cigar.

 

 

3rd: this talisman was burning like a champ with the ash holding almost 2 inches. It only required a very minor wrapper touch up in the last part of the third. More cocoa, black coffee with much more sweetness than I recall with my previous talismans that I smoked. Sweet grassy, with some earthiness and spice towards the end.

 

A very enjoyable smoke that lasted over 2 hours easy. I would rate this a 94, but could see this reaching 96-97 plus with some more time down as I believe it will smooth out the cigar especially on the retro and give it some more complexity.

 

 

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[ElJavi76]

Gorgeous looking sheen to that cigar Brent. Great review. Glad you enjoyed it. I had one yesterday and unfortunately it underwhelmed me. Draw problems did me in. It never quite took off. I hit it with the PerfecDraw but to no avail. Great taste. Smoke production lower than expected. 

[Riverstyx]

Thanks for this - I've been asking for an update on how these are doing.  I'll probably wait awhile before trying another.

[Theophilus]

Beautiful. Thanks for the review