SLR Double Corona 2006 + Water dunked (JBWP4RW)

[Bagman]

I unfortunately did not get on these back when they were around.  Not sure why.  But finally got my hands on one from a friend.

Cigar had a nice wrapper, but nothing spectacular.

Decided to go all in with my one example and soaked the cigar with water.
After the  water rinse, the wrapper appeared "brighter"

Plugged.  Of course. My only example is plugged.   But not bad, one drill hole half way down and it was good to go

Cold draw was just a cedar note.

Right from the start Jam, cream, light chocolate
Defined it self further after about 5 minutes  with a Raspberry jam/coffee
Moved towards what I perceived as an apricot and cream?
Just ultra smooth

As time moved on, it balanced the jam with chocolate/coffee/cream.  A "chewy" sensation.
Chocolate/jam  flavor keeps going back and forth with the jam
After lots of flavor shifts, settles with a slight jam/cream/coffee flavor, dropping the chocolate.
Jam is quite dominate with a mouth sensation similar to eating jam  Thick/pasty
Very full flavored.
Had to hold up to the price/legend.  There it failed, but as a cigar, it is amazing and I wish I had a few cabs of these.
Total smoke time of 2 hours 21 minutes

Monterey

Oh, and I was very pleased with how the water rinse went.  Given it's age (15 years) I thought it was a good time to try out the theory. 

 

[smbauerllc]

Nice review.

I have a 2001 that I will l i'll likely give a quick rinse due to the problems I have had with older cigars

Sounds like it will be an enjoyable smoke


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[karp]

Nice review - thanks for sharing! 

[Rhinoww]

Thanks for the review. After smoking the Regios recently I’ve been thinking about hunting down some of the SLR discontinued Vitolas. Your review reinforces that idea. 

[Ken Gargett]

1 hour ago, smbauerllc said:

Nice review.

I have a 2001 that I will l i'll likely give a quick rinse due to the problems I have had with older cigars

Sounds like it will be an enjoyable smoke


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the 01 is absolutely legendary. i am beyond confused with this washing cigars - each to their own - but as long as it doesn't stuff the cigar up, should be a cracker. i think i have one left. 

[smbauerllc]

the 01 is absolutely legendary. i am beyond confused with this washing cigars - each to their own - but as long as it doesn't stuff the cigar up, should be a cracker. i think i have one left. 

The rinsing or dipping in water is to hydrate the wrapper a little as most of the 10+ year old smokes I have had had very dry, brittle and peeling wrappers, so a quick dunk or rinse was recommended by quite a few people

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[Ken Gargett]

Just now, smbauerllc said:

The rinsing or dipping in water is to hydrate the wrapper a little as most of the 10+ year old smokes I have had had very dry, brittle and peeling wrappers, so a quick dunk or rinse was recommended by quite a few people

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have read all those posts and understand why people do it (well i don't really but i understand the thinking behind it). tried it once or twice. never again. but if you think it works for you, knock yourself out. anyone puts my SLR DC 01s under a tap and i am after them with an axe. 

[Bagman]

1 hour ago, Ken Gargett said:

have read all those posts and understand why people do it (well i don't really but i understand the thinking behind it). tried it once or twice. never again. but if you think it works for you, knock yourself out. anyone puts my SLR DC 01s under a tap and i am after them with an axe. 

I have only tried it a few times.  Never once did it harm the cigar.  I've had a few issues in the past with older cigars and wrappers splitting.  I've never had that issue from a rinsed cigar.  That is my only reason.  The SLR was absolutely wonderful with the rinse.  It likely would have been absolutely wonderful without it.

[Chucko8]

Nice review mate.

[smbauerllc]

I have only tried it a few times.  Never once did it harm the cigar.  I've had a few issues in the past with older cigars and wrappers splitting.  I've never had that issue from a rinsed cigar.  That is my only reason.  The SLR was absolutely wonderful with the rinse.  It likely would have been absolutely wonderful without it.

Yeah, definitely something I plan to start doing with my older Cigars as I have had so many wrapper issues with them and it can really detract from the experience

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[Bagman]

I have since done a few more with good results.  I'll report back with future reviews on this rinse process.

[Doctorossi]

Thanks for the review (and for adding yet more fodder to the never-ending water rinse debate/discussion). I have some '07s that underwhelm me and some '09s that I haven't tried yet. Does anyone have any opinions or thoughts on the '09s?

[Duxnutz]

On 10/3/2021 at 3:37 PM, Rhinoww said:

Thanks for the review. After smoking the Regios recently I’ve been thinking about hunting down some of the SLR discontinued Vitolas. Your review reinforces that idea. 

The Serie A used to be my fav cigar, love them. Was able to acquire most of an ‘08 50 cab and several dress boxes before they went away. I also really liked the Churchill and Lonsdale. 

[Hollywood Ninja]

So with the rinse, are you patting it off on a paper towel or just giving it a little air time before lighting?


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[Bagman]

13 hours ago, Hollywood Ninja said:

So with the rinse, are you patting it off on a paper towel or just giving it a little air time before lighting?

I just lightly patted the cigar with the paper towel.  Waited about 15 minutes to dry off a little further.  It wasn't like the cigar was really wet anyhow 30 seconds after I finished the rinse.