Bolivar Gigantes

[rumrogue]

I love Bolivars and what a great name for a cigar.

I’ve had this one sat in the sweetie box for a fair while now, saving it for the right occasion. As one should, given this beauty’s reputation.

I’m a Gigantes virgin, so to speak, & I thought it best to sample it’s delights when the head was in a mellow, content place.

Friday was my birthday &, as it had been a tough week, my supermodel wife decided I needed pampering. So, dinner for two at home. Black Tie.

Miles playing Kind of Blue in the background, pre-dinner cocktails. Nice.

Escargot followed by freshly-caught-that-morning Manx lobster accompanied by a 2002 Chassagne-Montrachet. Outstanding! I love my wife!

Poured a very large 15 year-old El Dorado & settled down with said Gigantes.

For the picky among us, I have no idea as to the cigar’s vintage. It came in a sample pack I bought but I do know it was from a Cab.

Jeez, what a smoke.

Flawless, dark, silky smooth wrapper, a real beauty. Smelt strong and powerful with some chocolate and earth. Draw was just the way I like it: fair amount of resistance, but not too much & the burn was perfectly even. It started off surprisingly mild, with vanilla and nutty flavours changing slowly to more chocolate and earth & finishing with typical Bolivar spice. A very well balanced and complex smoke. Awesome!

Bloody good value too as it gave me two hours of sheer bliss.

Thought I’d died & gone to heaven.

So good in fact I’ve just ordered a box!

[Chicago]

» I love Bolivars and what a great name for a cigar.

» I’ve had this one sat in the sweetie box for a fair while now, saving it

» for the right occasion. As one should, given this beauty’s reputation.

» I’m a Gigantes virgin, so to speak, & I thought it best to sample it’s

» delights when the head was in a mellow, content place.

» Friday was my birthday &, as it had been a tough week, my supermodel wife

» decided I needed pampering. So, dinner for two at home. Black Tie.

» Miles playing Kind of Blue in the background, pre-dinner cocktails. Nice.

» Escargot followed by freshly-caught-that-morning Manx lobster accompanied

» by a 2002 Chassagne-Montrachet. Outstanding! I love my wife!

» Poured a very large 15 year-old El Dorado & settled down with said

» Gigantes.

» For the picky among us, I have no idea as to the cigar’s vintage. It came

» in a sample pack I bought but I do know it was from a Cab.

» Jeez, what a smoke.

» Flawless, dark, silky smooth wrapper, a real beauty. Smelt strong and

» powerful with some chocolate and earth. Draw was just the way I like it:

» fair amount of resistance, but not too much & the burn was perfectly even.

» It started off surprisingly mild, with vanilla and nutty flavours changing

» slowly to more chocolate and earth & finishing with typical Bolivar

» spice. A very well balanced and complex smoke. Awesome!

» Bloody good value too as it gave me two hours of sheer bliss.

» Thought I’d died & gone to heaven.

» So good in fact I’ve just ordered a box!

That sounds like my kind of evening. Happy belated. The CG is about my all time favorite Churchill, maybe all around cigar next to my Ex #4's.

[El Presidente]

Firstly...does your wife have a sister? ;-)

What a great evening. I sincerely hope that next time I am in your neck of the woods I can pop in for a meal.

I will bring the cigars :-) Great review mate.

[Freefallguy]

Now that, THAT'S my idea of one fine evening!

Nicely done Rum… oh, and El P has one loverly wife… save the super model sis for me!

Cheers!

[rumrogue]

» Firstly...does your wife have a sister? ;-)

»

» What a great evening. I sincerely hope that next time I am in your neck of

» the woods I can pop in for a meal.

»

» I will bring the cigars :-) Great review mate.

Nah.....Jeez, the world would be a scary place with 2 of 'em! ;-)

No worries, always welcome as long as they are SLR DC's. :-D