H. Upmann no 2- no date (HURWR)

[Sir Diggamus]

This was a cigar I picked up 3 of as singles, so I don’t have any vintage info. It was within the last six months, I am guessing it’s a recent vintage.

 

The cigar is a Colorado-Claro color in appearance and has a slight box press on the closer to the foot of the cigar. The aroma pre-light was a very nice hint of floral and sea salt.

 

Once I clip and light the cigar it starts off mild and with notes of cinnamon. A little cream joins in shortly thereafter. The cigar burns evenly and produced a good amount of smoke. Very mild.

 

In the 2/3 of the cigar the spice flavor morphs from cinnamon alone to be more of a baking spices flavor with a tad of nutmeg detected as well. By the end of the 2/3 I was getting a sweetness in the cigar as well. Similar to the cake notes I get in the HUHC but not fully flushed out.

 

In the last third the cinnamon comes back to dominate the spice flavor and the cream note becomes a tad sweeter and richer, it seemed much more present on the finish. The cigar continued on the same through the end.

 

This cigar was the second of the three I obtained at the time and MUCH better than the first. I have a feeling if I can hold onto the last one for another year or so it will be so much better.

 

I picked up singles a few different times chasing the flavors I got from a stick I tried from BRE ABR19 box that a buddy of mine picked up. That cigar had a much darker wrapper and a rich milk chocolate note, very different from any other H. Upmann I have ever tried. This one wasn’t close to that one, but still very enjoyable.

 

An 89 rating

 

 

 

 

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