2025 FOH International Blind Tasting Competition Review Thread.

[ayedfy]

Cigar 1. Opens sweet, dessert cream and berry sweetness. Midpoint the sweetness develops, bringing fresh figs and orange marmalade. Touches of aniseed and peppermint. Ends with a damp woodiness, toasted sourdough, and sugarcane juice. Very tight draw throughout the entire thing. 90 point, would be higher on flavour alone if the draw/construction didn’t annoy me.

[El Presidente]

No idea 😁

[vvvendo1969]

Cigar #1

< Before lighting a fire >

Length 124mm

RG 50

Box pressed, it seemed to me.

Almost no smell

Quite rough construction. A part of head wrapper is slightly broken.

Color is between Colorado and Colorado maduro.

I stored this cigar with 69% BOVEDA in ziplock in my wine cellar 14 degrees Celsius.

 < 1st 3rd >

Pairing with Coke.

The first puff.

Yes, I have smoked this cigar many times. I am sure.

Very decent sweetness with a bit fruitiness and cedar.

Draw is very good and a relatively loose.

Not so even burn.

Very tasty and very good cigar for me.

Creamy and soft.

The body is light to medium.

 < 2nd 3rd >

Pairing with hot lemon tea with sugar.

More cedar and more fruit.

Decent sweetness is same as 1st 3rd.

A bit orange nuance.

Ash is mottled pattern, black and gray.

Ash is not so hard but this is apparently a long filler cigar, IMO.

 < Final 3rd >

Pairing with Ardbeg CORRYVRECKAN.

Same flavor as 2nd 3rd but deeper and more complex.

Again I feel this is a very good cigar and I love it.

Now I am happy! Very happy indeed.

 < Conclusion >

Judging from my personal experience, I think Cigar No.1 is RASS or ELDM Choix Supreme or SLR Regios.

My conclusion is that this is RASS because Choix Supreme has stronger body and Regios has a sense of some oriental herb, I think.

Last but not least, I express my deepest thanks to El Presidente and his team for giving me this very precious and interesting opportunity.

I also would like to cheer for the other participants of this blind tasting.

Thank you very much.