Cuaba Salomones OEB JUN 06

[Ken Gargett]

hard marker! for that tied up bundle of compost, that is an extremely generous review. say what you really think!

[jqmunro]

wow, 79/100... that's must have been a piece of crap.

[Tampa1257]

Unfortunately, Spot on review Rob, a Cigar that just has a look like I am about to kick your ass, shrinks away after 1.30 hours as a Nancyboy. Weak as a limp wrist from one of the Bath House neighbors at Club Czar, and has no future in my humidor ever again.

[shortsqueeze]

Funny, because I really enjoy the Distinguido. Never had the Salomone.

[Ken Gargett]

tampa, nice to find one we agree about today (taste may be subjective but anyone liking those disasters wiped his taste away years ago).

i have a few floating about, from a variety of sources (rob, havana and spain) and all shockers.

rob, when is your birthday?

[Curt]

» Unfortunately, Spot on review Rob, a Cigar that just has a look like

» I am about to kick your ass, shrinks away after 1.30 hours as a Nancyboy.

» Weak as a limp wrist from one of the Bath House neighbors at Club Czar,

» and has no future in my humidor ever again.

Thanks guys. I'll stick with the smaller Cuabas.

[marco polo]

Thanks for the review/pics. I tried one of these and did find it

kind of bland with a few coffee notes.

[El Presidente]

I have always felt that smoking a Cuaba Salomones is like kissing your sister (no...that is not a positve ). Very very hard to get excited.

They look a million dollars, craftsmanship in spades.....the cigar lovers version of "bling". However...I have in the main been dissapointed time after time with new stock and aged. I find myself talking to the cigar....provoking it ....."Is that all you have got big boy!" "Come on...give me something you showpony!" Nothing has worked to date. I have had a few memorable examples which keep me coming back...but the memory is fading and I am starting to think that tose fond one night stands were all but a figment of my imagination.

And so I reached for a 2006 version of the Salomones hopingthat this remarkable vintage has indeed given new life to the sleeping giant of the Cuban cigar world.

Visually almost perfect. Construction excellent. Smell at cold all cedar wood and black Russian tea.

Clipped the cap and the draw was good. Not the eind tunnel I have so often found with these. Flavour on the lips is all tea, hay and milk coffee.

Lit the immaculate foot of this cigar and let it find its rhythm. Light to medium bodied. Nice although weak milk coffee profile with hay and tea....interestingly it tastes exactly as its aroma at cold. Burning nicely and I am here awaiting for it to throw its first combination of punches.

Still waiting

Still waiting

Still waiting

An hour and a half later and I feel like someone who has been waiting at the movies or restaurant only to stood up by a friend (that is why I always meet in bars ;-) ).

So what utility have I gained for my time with senor Cuaba Salomon? I was graced with a light bodied cigar with weak milk coffee, dried grass and soft black tea flavours. Big deal. They should put a Davidoff band on it.

To be honest I was bored beyond contemplation. I would rather go to the dentist than light one of these again in the short term. I have lost two hours of my life which I will never get back.

The Cuaba Salomones is the tin man of the Cuban cigar world. It is heartless with no passion, no soul and no future in my humidor. I am a hard marker with this cigar because it sets out to portray itself as cigar royalty...as something special...but all it is is a charade which delivers dissilusionment and depression.

79/100 1/6 smokerings