Montecristo No2 - unknown code (PWR)

[Akela3rd]

This one is a FoH prize cigar that hasn't quite had a month in the humi. However, my other Monte 2s are in the hold for a couple of years yet and are strictly out of bounds.

Firm draw, but good for a long slow smoke.

Perfect construction, lovely dark wrapper with an oily sheen.

Cedar cold but smells of dark choc.

Quite mild to start, but savoury and meaty almost. A couple of minutes in and it's definitely Montecristo of the dark chocolate variety. Maybe my tastebuds are being influenced by the wrapper that looks like a 70% cocoa bar of the good stuff. Hints of lemon on the tongue. I'm five minutes into this and it's glorious.

Lost track of time a bit but there's ginger biscuit and a sharper lemon coming through into the second third. Works beautifully with the dark chocolate. Burn is impeccable - I thought it might be problematic due to the lack of time to settle but it's behaving perfectly.

Over an hour in and reaching the final third. Lemon still floating in and out, sometimes dominating.

The core of biscuity dark chocolate overlaid with that beautiful slightly sharp citrus has been, as stated earlier, glorious. I'm presuming this cigar is from 2019 and hope my sleeping box will emulate this one.

Solid 9/10, couldn't have hoped for a better smoke for a peaceful evening by the fire.

 

Sent from Cosmos Redshift 7

 

 

[Meklown]

Nice review, great looking fire and something poetic about allowing the nub to go into the charcoal