Bolivar Corona FPG NNSU (Nov 98)_

[NJLimoDriver]

Bolivar Corona

(1998)

FPG (Francisco German)

From a friend with impeccable sources during his annual “deer hunting sale”.

Getting the hang of this – guess I will be up to five reviews soon. Picking out the daily smoke I decided I would grab another aged stick and share the results with you all. I dug thru the coolerdor and looked for something special and settled on this one as I knew I had been very happy with them in the past – need to get more as this was the last one . Starting up the truck and once again listening to Classic Rock on the Sirius satellite radio I cracked open a water and checked out the stick.

I removed the cigar from my case and examined it. It was a nice light brown and had very few veins. I observed a slight flaw in the wrapper (more on that later. The cigar was firm but not hard and demonstrated no potential problems. I clipped off the cap and took a couple of good pre-light draws. The draw was a little tight but the intake demonstrated the cigars Bolivar origins and flavor.

Fired up the triple torch and lit the stick. The first few draws were typically Bolivar and medium with some earth tones. When I reached about 3/8th of an inch of the stick – the flavor began to pick up into a much more heavily medium flavor with the definite Bolivar flavor and taste (one thing about Bolis I generally find them very consistent). There were no burn issues and the cigar burned razor sharp evenly throughout the smoke. Some wrapper cracking occurred at the flaw but did not make the smoking of the cigar difficult or unenjoyable – eventually it burned thru the area of concern. After I reached the halfway point the draw improved and the flavor and taste began to grow Achieving that Bolivar fist in the face fullness and richness becoming very full bodied. With much disappointment I reached the nub point as I arrived outside my building and I did nub the smoke.

As I said before, I’ll be on the hunt for this vitola, both year and factory. Freshies are fine with this one but the Boli does benefit greatly with age. It’s the time of the year to switch to larger vitolas as I am passing from winter (corona and petit corona season) into Spring thru Fall – the seasons of Double Coronas and Churchills.

Bolivar Corona

Shape: Corona

Size: 5 9/16 inches by 42 ring guage

Construction: 9

Wrapper: 8.5 Flaw and slight cracking

Draw: 8.5

Taste: 10

Overall Rating: 90 out of 100 points

[El Presidente]

Nice review

When you say typical Bolivar Flavours....define 4-5 for us.

I am always interested in peoples perceptions.

[NJLimoDriver]

Ok Bossman - thanks for the compliment Rob - don't know about 4-5 butfirst Bolis tend to have a nice earthy flavor bring one in contact with the source - Mother Earth. As you pass thru the smoke I agree with you there are generally a cocoa flavor which grows into a coffe like flavor. The other thing about Bolis is that the Lithium in the Pinar del Rios soil comes thru leaving the smoker with a very relaxed kick back feeling at the end - the buzz as it were lasts well after the smoke and the flavor clings to the palate like the aftertaste of a fine red wine - hope that hits the spot for ya - cheers Mike:-D

ps that was number three - this is fun

[anacostiakat]

I would agree with Mike. Oh hell, there goes my creds! ;-)

[Well Armed]

MyBolivar flavor profile is described as vegetable-tanned leather, basted with brown sugar, rolled in freshly-tilled soil, and baked in a 19th century wood-fired pizza oven in Naples, and served on a well-browned graham cracker with a garnish of a dark chocolate sliver.

[n2advnture]

» MyBolivar flavor profile is described as vegetable-tanned leather, basted

» with brown sugar, rolled in freshly-tilled soil, and baked in a 19th

» century wood-fired pizza oven in Naples, and served on a well-browned

» graham cracker with a garnish of a dark chocolate sliver.

You forgot macadamia nuts :-P

[n2advnture]

» Nice review

» When you say typical Bolivar Flavours....define 4-5 for us.

» I am always interested in peoples perceptions.

The 3 that I most often associate with Bolivar are:

baker's chocolate (not sweet but bitter chocolate)

black pepper (white pepper on aged smokes)

earth

sometimes toasted tobacco

[NJLimoDriver]

Also I feel different ages and different shapes/rings give change to the profile - I have experience all the flavors discussed here at one time or another - cheers Mike

[El Presidente]

Well done :-D

The only exception I find in the Bolivar Line is the Bolivar Royal Corona which has a nice creamy line throughout. It is also the lightest in body of all the Bolivar's. Quite a unique animal.