1970's Quintero Coronas review

[gojira]

This Quintero Coronas from the '70s is a handmade long-filler cigar that comes in cellophane. The cellophane is slightly yellow. This cigar is part of some singles from the '60s, '70s and '80s that I bought last year. It has been stored at 65/66 RH.

I'm drinking Espresso made from Tanzanian beans and sparkling water with it.

I used my 9 mm punch because I'm too cheap to buy a 7 mm one.

Cold draw: Nothing much, just a hint of tobacco.

First third: The draw is a little tight and the burn is slightly uneven. Ash doesn't hold. The cigar is mild and I'm not getting much flavor wise. It's mostly light roasted tobacco. I retrohale with every puff. As I'm approaching the second third I get a hint of cream. The smoke leaves a "coating" on my tongue and palate.

Second third: Not much change in flavor or strength. The smoke stings a tiny bit on the retro now, I like that. I just got a hint of sour cream on my last puff (I'm writing this as I smoke) which is nice. The burn is more even and the ash holds now. The cream flavor is gone again and I'm getting a touch of wood on top of roasted tobacco.

Final third: I just had to cut the cigar as it started to leak some tar. The slight sour cream taste is back, it's very light though. The tobacco flavor overshadows it quite a bit. The coating on my tongue and palate is heavy now.

Total smoking time was approximately 75 minutes. The cigar made for a pleasant morning smoke. Nothing too crazy but I'm glad to have smoked this one.

[X-Man]

Slightly yellow is an understatement😅

[Bijan]

6 hours ago, gojira said:

I used my 9 mm punch because I'm too cheap to buy a 7 mm one.

😂 I was like that for the longest time.

If you ever decide to go crazy I can recommend the colibri quasar punch. 7/9/12.

That's my go to now. Mostly use the 9mm though... Have the 8mm I used to use before. And an 11mm, and a 6/10/14.

[gojira]

3 minutes ago, Bijan said:

😂 I was like that for the longest time.

If you ever decide to go crazy I can recommend the colibri quasar punch. 7/9/12.

That's my go to now. Mostly use the 9mm though... Have the 8mm I used to use before. And an 11mm, and a 6/10/14.

🤣

I've seen that quite a few people use these now. I really could use a 7mm one. Don't think that I would need the 12 mm one as I like a 9 mm punch on bigger RG cigars since most are wind tunnels.

I'll check it out the next time I'm in Germany to see how it feels in hand.

[Bijan]

13 minutes ago, gojira said:

I'll check it out the next time I'm in Germany to see how it feels in hand.

Can't speak to the general hand feel but it has a solid weight to it. Just over 100g.

Good for my purposes but given the small size it feels too dense if carried in the pocket and feels like it's drilling a hole in my pocket.

My current torch lighter I carry is 50g and I'm very happy with that and I've carried lighters 80-100g and they were still ok but not as dense as this punch.

[gojira]

10 minutes ago, Bijan said:

Can't speak to the general hand feel but it has a solid weight to it. Just over 100g.

Good for my purposes but given the small size it feels too dense if carried in the pocket and feels like it's drilling a hole in my pocket.

My current torch lighter I carry is 50g and I'm very happy with that and I've carried lighters 80-100g and they were still ok but not as dense as this punch.

I favor light weight cigar tools as well. I used to v-cut for a short while and stopped because I hated that cut. The Colibri V-Cutter weighs a ton and it felt as if I had a piece of lead in my pocket. 😂

[Bijan]

12 hours ago, X-Man said:

Slightly yellow is an understatement😅

Yeah looks dirtier than the soiled prophylactic from the opening scene of the Blues Brothers movie. 😂