Cuaba Distinguidos RAT DIC19 (VRRW/F)

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Grabbed a couple of boxes of these on sale back in the good ole days, unfortunately they must of had a ruff landing. I think 7 of the 20 had cracked heads, which made an investment in cigar glue necessary. The idea of having a box of mostly damaged cigars aging in my humidor doesn’t appeal to me, so I’ve been burning through that problem. i’ve burned through the crackheads, this is the first one that wasn’t damaged.

This cigar has a smooth colorado maduro wrapper and is nicely filled. The cold draw is very sweet with some toasted almonds. The draw has no resistance but isn’t open, should be perfect for this shape cigar.

Time to push the play button on the Japanese GP and light this cigar. Opening flavors are caramel toffee, it’s beautifully rich and sweet, a little over medium body. This should pair nicely with the Sauternes I’m having, it is Saturday night in CA. It just cruises in toffee world for 20 laps, then the toasted almonds kick in. The body just keeps creeping up to medium full, by lap 40 it’s toffee and black coffee to the finish. I was worried the cigar wouldn’t make it to the checkered flag, but it did. I’m going to give the rest of these cigars a few more years down. The first half smoked beautifully, the second half body was a little overpowering for me.