Popular Post MrBirdman Posted November 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2021 This robusto extra has a lovely Colorado Maduro wrapper, with a cold draw of coffee and a bit of cocoa. Draw is snug, which normally doesn’t bother me, but I find with 50+ RG a snug draw often means poor smoke production. Unfortunately that was the case here. Opening is cocoa and cream, not much else. From the get go the burn is wonky and quite uneven, requiring several touch ups. Eventually it burns consistently but never really evens out. By the halfway mark the elbows behind to show, but there is still a nice coffee note. Cream and chocolate are gone though. In order to keep the cigar lit I have to resort to some double puffing, which doesn’t help. It’s pretty unsatisfying when you get worse smoke production out of a robusto extra than you do out of any skinny. Remarkably the flavors are still intense, but so are the tannins. I honestly wonder whether I should start “wet-boxing” when I smoke large RG cigars, which isn’t very often. Back half is more of the same, coffee and some wood. Intense but also a bit edgy, probably more a reflection of the construction than the blend. Goes out in last third and isn’t relit. 86 points. Pretty disappointing, which gets to my hint: I had this set aside as a special reward smoke if I hit my target LSAT score. Just missed on my first attempt, so this went back in the humi. Retook in early October and last night I got a score back that more than hit the mark (180 out of 180). Suffice it to say this is a premium cigar of some kind. Given how it went, I think I might break out an Esplendido or Winnie tonight or tomorrow for a proper celebratory smoke. Meanwhile guess away gents! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDGSN Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Cohiba Talisman Congrats on 180! With that score are you going to H, Y, or S? Also, avoid biglaw! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Çnote Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Party E2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Karl Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Montecristo Edmundo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverstyx Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Monte Supremos (EL 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBirdman Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, HDGSN said: With that score are you going to H, Y, or S? Given this is shaping up as the most competitive application cycle ever, I’d feel incredibly fortunate to go to any one of those three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverstix Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 I'm going with a Cohiba Talisman as well. Partagas E2 was my first guess, but I don't know if that would be special enough to break out for a celebration such as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karp Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Monte 1935 Maltes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangePaw Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Monte Edmundo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrey Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 E2?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Genios, and congrats on your accomplishment. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhinoww Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Monte Edmundo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeUgood Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 3rd vote on the monte edmundo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monterey Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Maltes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edicion Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Soberano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perla Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Montecristo Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeFOH Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 @MrBirdmanDo the reveal please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBirdman Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Monte Supremos 2019!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBirdman Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 2:48 PM, Riverstyx said: Monte Supremos (EL 2019) 30 minutes ago, MoeFOH said: @MrBirdmanDo the reveal please Looks like we have but one winner! Good job, this was a toughie without the factory vitola. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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