Partagas Salomone

[SeanGAR]

I smoked a pair of these in the past week and decided to share my thoughts.

First things you notice is the imposing stature. These are monsters. I've smoked a few of the Cuaba salmones but these just seem bigger. They look great, nice wrappers, seem to be very well rolled.

Lighting up I was immediately hit with lots of flavor. Of the two, one burned pretty much perfect ... but the other developed absolutely the ugliest burn I have ever seen. I'll review the good one and comment on the bad.

I mentioned the flavors. I don't have the box codes so I don't now how old they are ... but they were absolutely powerhouses. I was just kicked in the pants both times ... and that has never happened before with any cigar. Flavors changed quite a bit as the cigar got smaller. I don't think I had a more flavorful cigar ever. It took me 2 hours to burn these bad boys down to the last inch and they were finger licking good.

The one off burn was absolutely strange .. wrapper started peeling a bit and the exposed binder started expanding until it was significantly thicker than the part with the intact wrapper. Expanded ... that along with the peeling wrapper made it look like an exploded cigar. Thing was, the flavor stayed great all the while and I couldn't manage to fix the burn with a lighter since the cigar is so thick. I ended up smoking the cigar past the peeled wrapper and got this one to the last inch as well. Since they were stored under similar conditions I can't explain this ... but despite the problem I'll try to pick up a few more of these guys.

Great cigars ... I wish I had a box to age.

[El Presidente]

Nice review Sean

How would you describe the flavours?

[Tampa1257]

I have been called a Partagás *****, and have smoked many of these, I would be interested in reading your description of the flavors as well.

[SeanGAR]

» Nice review Sean

»

» How would you describe the flavours?

I'm not really good at describing flavor in details and I don't smoke enough Partagas to be able to compare to something else ... actually I can't really compare the flavors to anything else as I haven't had anything that flavorful before with the same power. And the flavor profile changed at the front, middle and end .... I found more of the nuts, creamy, some floral component I liked and some strong spice (baking spice, not pepper) in the middle.

Maybe I need to smoke another one soon and take notes! :-D

[cigarnv]

Nice review Sean....

[habanohal]

Mine are on the medium side with alomst sweet citrus and not much sppice at all

[jgros001]

Sean, thanks for another great review. I've got 5 of these from 4/05 - just waiting for that right time.

[Arkay]

» I smoked a pair of these in the past week and decided to share my thoughts.

»

»

» First things you notice is the imposing stature. These are monsters.

» I've smoked a few of the Cuaba salmones but these just seem bigger. They

» look great, nice wrappers, seem to be very well rolled.

»

» Lighting up I was immediately hit with lots of flavor. Of the two, one

» burned pretty much perfect ... but the other developed absolutely the

» ugliest burn I have ever seen. I'll review the good one and comment on

» the bad.

»

» I mentioned the flavors. I don't have the box codes so I don't now how

» old they are ... but they were absolutely powerhouses. I was just kicked

» in the pants both times ... and that has never happened before with any

» cigar. Flavors changed quite a bit as the cigar got smaller. I don't

» think I had a more flavorful cigar ever. It took me 2 hours to burn these

» bad boys down to the last inch and they were finger licking good.

»

» The one off burn was absolutely strange .. wrapper started peeling a bit

» and the exposed binder started expanding until it was significantly

» thicker than the part with the intact wrapper. Expanded ... that along

» with the peeling wrapper made it look like an exploded cigar. Thing was,

» the flavor stayed great all the while and I couldn't manage to fix the

» burn with a lighter since the cigar is so thick. I ended up smoking the

» cigar past the peeled wrapper and got this one to the last inch as well.

» Since they were stored under similar conditions I can't explain this ...

» but despite the problem I'll try to pick up a few more of these guys.

»

» Great cigars ... I wish I had a box to age.

Nice review!

I was not aware that these were an official release. Whats the story?

:-)

[LasciviousXXX]

Thanx for the description Professor lol

I've got one sitting in the humi from a generous BOTL from SoCal. Can't wait to burn it, and you're right, they are very imposing looking.

Thanx