Punch 48 LGR JUL 18 (FFFRW)

[RDB]

So LGR code... some great Por Laranaga, all those wonderful San Cristobal, and good Monte too. Plus these fine Punch 48 and others.

This one is a looker. Full colorado, nice even wrapper, no spots or veins. I imagine it developing that lovely smooth leather look with age.

Goldilocks draw. The burn needs a little touching up to keep it even, but I’m smoking outdoors in breeze. Long ash - nearly made it to the LCDH band before falling.

Straight away we have a rich and flavoursome smoke. This is more on the woody, pastry side of things rather than the exotic sweetness of the best Punch Punch. It’s a little more middle-of-the-road perhaps. I kept looking for peanuts, but honestly I didn’t really feel that (in a way that I always do with the Double Corona). What I did get was a consistent richness, almost like an oiliness, or the butter in slightly sweet short crust pastry. The complexity is in the woody tones: it developed a sappy quality that eventually became quite spicy. Not hot pepper, but more like a green pepper - makes me think of north Indian curries now. Increasingly savoury. The strength built significantly into the last third until it became pretty serious. A good night watch cigar. This one accompanied Moby Dick and the moonlight.

Score a clear 1 (on the binary scale).

By the way I like this format, and it’s a ‘useful’ vitola for Punch, in a different register from the PPP and DC. Worth a box if you like either of those.

[Monterey]

Funny, I never get peanuts from a punch dc, but get a lot with the 48.   Both are amazing cigars though.

[MigsG]

I agree with the LGR box code for the Punch 48, just went through a box.  

[RDB]

17 hours ago, Monterey said:

Funny, I never get peanuts from a punch dc, but get a lot with the 48.   Both are amazing cigars though.

I think there's a lot of variation in how we individually experience and describe flavours, and I'm always a bit wary of the mega-detailed tasting notes for this reason. If you ask 'what is the cigar with most X flavour' then after a few dozen replies you've generally got all the marcas covered... 

[Monterey]

3 hours ago, RDB said:

I think there's a lot of variation in how we individually experience and describe flavours, and I'm always a bit wary of the mega-detailed tasting notes for this reason. If you ask 'what is the cigar with most X flavour' then after a few dozen replies you've generally got all the marcas covered... 

Power of "suggestion"