Fundi\'s on Sunday(pics)

[El Presidente]

Bloody great review and a bloody great time had

Your comments just reinforce what the assessment has become of the 2006 Habanos efforts ;-)

[purosdave]

Sounds like a great time and I'm glad that you enjoy the 98s as much as I do.

[Wiley]

Awesome!

[BigSlick]

Went to Keith's house on Sunday to do a fresh versus aged comparison on Fundidores. The freshie was from 06' and the aged was from 98' (Thanks Dave!). Nothing like a day of fine cigars, micro brews, unique rum and whoopin Keith's ass in cribbage! :cool:

I had smoked one of the 98's 3 weeks ago during our first FOH poker game, so the taste was still fresh in my mind.

Appearance

The 2 cigars had a noticeable difference in hue, ring gauge and band.

Experience

The fundi is such an elegant complex cigar, it's difficult to smoke one of these and choose just a singular flavor profile. Throughout the smoke I encountered flavors of honey, coffee and cream, tabacco and sugar, and towards the end, sweet dark chocolate. Never did the cigar become overheated or have any burn/draw issues.

The differences I noticed between the 98' to the 06' are that the 98' lacked some the heavy sweetness the 06' did. The 98' had a lot of the same flavors but seemed more refined and had a bit more underlying tobacco tastes.

Summary

Both cigars, aged and fresh, were outstanding! IMO the Fundidore is the Rolls Royce of cigars. I can't wait to see what a box of 06' will taste like in 2014. I will put a running bet on it that there will be no competition for it.