Partagas Serie C3 EL 2012 - UPE Aug 2012 (FRCSW1)

[Mhansen85]

Dark wrapper with cold aroma of chocolate and earth

Opening third. Not a lof of flavors to be honest. Extra dark, bitter chocolate, scorched earth and some pepper. Flavors are muted and needs to be coaxed. there is strenght for sure, in spades. 

From the halfway point, flavors intensify a bit but it is still fairly disappointing for a stick in this price range. It seems topped out on its development, like a bottle of red wine over the hill. i did not try these young so i do not know how they were back in the day

burned toast , bitter cocoa, chocolate and oak. Seems generic dark wrapper stick, one dimensional.

its not a bad cigar but just very generic and simple, and expectations were much higher

Burn , draw etc is all fine and perfect so no construction issues at all

 

Last third brings no flavor change whatsoever. It is difficult to find too many more words to put on this. I have seen very little information or reviews of this stick on the internet, so i wonder if that is because it has generally been disappointing to people. Dont see many boxes for sale either though

i have a full box of these (well 9 left now) bought at todays price level (700 usd)  so i am hoping the others are better

 

89 points for this