Bolívar Soberanos Limited Edition 2018

[JohnS]

The Bolivar Soberanos Limited Edition from 2018. Do you recall it, perhaps? Admittedly, I had not thought about the LE special release for a long time and it only came to my mind because Halfwheel have just released a rare Cuban Cigar review this week, and it was on this particular cigar...

https://halfwheel.com/bolivar-soberanos-el-2018-2/472015/

We had a thread on it from 2020 and reactions were mixed...

If you've smoked this cigar recently, or indeed have it in your humidor, how is it coming along?

[Marco_011t556]

Very good cigar, but quite intense. It makes me think of Padron, lol!

[Capn_Jackson]

7 hours ago, Marco_011t556 said:

It makes me think of Padron, lol!

That sounds intriguing, as a fan of both Boli and Padron

[BrooksW]

It was quite a bit stronger than I expected, considering the age. Flavor was great, just wish the burn had not been as problematic. 

[JohnS]

Thanks Brooks for adding that point. Much appreciated and yes, we can relate well to that dilemma of having a flavoursome, aged Habanos cigar that would be perfect apart from construction issues. Why, just last weekend I had the same experience myself with a H.Upmann Magnum 56 LE from 2015 at a friend's bucks party. I gifted him one from the box too. There was no question of its shelf-life as it was quite flavoursome, we both agreed, but mine had burn issues too.

[ha_banos]

I have half a box. Just left them I figure around the 10 year mark might be worth trying one! I know the LE use two year aged tobacco...at least they used to. I recall hearing good things way back. And nothing usually wrong with aged Bolivar. So I figured I'd just forget about them. Plenty of other stuff to get through. I'll try to remember to come back here one day. ☺️

[Marco_011t556]

13 hours ago, JohnS said:

Thanks Brooks for adding that point. Much appreciated and yes, we can relate well to that dilemma of having a flavoursome, aged Habanos cigar that would be perfect apart from construction issues. Why, just last weekend I had the same experience myself with a H.Upmann Magnum 56 LE from 2015 at a friend's bucks party. I gifted him one from the box too. There was no question of its shelf-life as it was quite flavoursome, we both agreed, but mine had burn issues too.

Agree. The Mag 56 LE has had burning issues from my box as well, and sometimes a bit tight. 

[Ciscojohansson]

I loved them upon release and bought 8 boxes in total. Still have a handful boxes left. Every single one I smoked had burn issues. They go out easily.

[DeeBeezy]

Honoured to see my thread above. The last one of these I smoked was about a year ago. I ended up picking up 3 boxes from 3 different markets - sold one for a large profit. My conclusion with a lot of experience - nothing beats a great box of regular production cigars. 

Cuban cigars are smoking better young than they ever have, Bolívar is a brand I actually prefer young. Nothing gets better than some of the regular production staples when done well - make sure you get a great box. For instance, this Soberanos was lovely but no better than the royal corona I had smoked the night before it. Good cigar, will try to smoke it again imminently. I've stop chasing LEs though.