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[Chibearsv]

Punch 898 to start the Christmas weekend. 
 

[Rhinoww]

Quick Reyes for me. Had a taste like the smell of an old canvas tent in the rain from when I was a kid. Good memories of my Dad spontaneous w this cigar. Will be getting some more. Makes no sense, I know. 

[TheFullMontecristo]

Xmas eve post lunch Mag50. ESL ABR 19.

Media Luna watching National Lampoon Christmas Vacation

[JohnS]

Saint Luis Rey Regios GOB Abr 2020

According to Cuban Cigar Website, "Saint Luis Rey is a current pre-revolution brand, established around 1940 by a British firm. It was imported exclusively into the UK market until the 1993. Production was always fairly small, and starting in the early 2000s the line has been gradually reduced to a single cigar produced for copyright reasons." That one cigar is the Hermosos No.4-sized Regios (48 ring gauge x 127 mm or 5 inches in length). I'd like to thank @Bijan for making it possible to smoke this today via a mutual trade.

The last SLR Regios I've smoked was three years ago during the 2017 Australian Rugby League grand final. My impressions then and now about the Regios are funnily enough much the same despite the long interval period it's taken me to re-visit this cigar. You see, for me at least, Saint Luis Rey has always been a cigar that requires aging to get the benefits of its blend profile and my preferential bias towards the marca makes it difficult to appreciate smoking it in its youth. Whether it's the now discontinued corona gorda-sized Serie A, the similarly deleted Double Corona, Lonsdale and Churchill or the Regional releases such as the Asia-Pacifico Pacificos and Cuban Marquez, I've always smoked them with time down.

Make no mistake however, the Regios does indeed carry the hallmarks of the Saint Luis Rey flavour profile. These are its cocoa, hay and stonefruit (think dried apricots) core. Today's Regios started well with these flavours but towards the back half it became more toasty and spicy. There was no honey sweetness, citrus or coffee that I've enjoyed in aged Serie As of late and for which I crave (although I'd be willing to admit that yes, there was some apple citrus tart aspect to the cigar in the first third but this dissipated later).

Mind you, I'm still willing to give the Saint Luis Rey Regios a go and have it in my humidor. In fact, I recently ordered some. However, there's nothing wrong with enjoying them in the first 12 to 24 months, alas for me, I'll be smoking some Hermosos No.4-sized Romeo y Julieta Exhibicion No.4s in the meantime waiting for my Regios to develop before I smoke my next one.

[Hotboxx]

[chuckpnoy]

Happy to say the BRE NOV 18 Connie 1 is smoking wonderfully? @JohnS @Kaptain Karl

[westg]

Mag 50 , amazing , so amazing

[prshah25]

Christmas Eve cigar !

[JohnS]

2 hours ago, chuckpnoy said:

Happy to say the BRE NOV 18 Connie 1 is smoking wonderfully? @JohnS @Kaptain Karl

So very glad to hear! ?

1 hour ago, prshah25 said:

Christmas Eve cigar !

That Che cigar, from the special release Elie Bleu humidor, is indeed a special occasion cigar. Enjoy! ?

[Fezztone]

Punch 8-9-8 box of 10 Asia Pacific release. Start to Christmas break. It’s my first of the young box and great so far! Happy Holidays all!

[LLC]

Epic LAR SEP 12 Monty 520. There was grass earlier today but I guess it is going to be a white Christmas after all.




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[Paladin865]

Christmas Eve smoke, Por Larranaga Picadores LGR 18, Stay tuned for the Christmas Day smoke

[Islandboy]

UAO Dic 17 on this tropical Christmas Eve. Cheers gang!

[Kaptain Karl]

3 hours ago, Islandboy said:

UAO Dic 17 on this tropical Christmas Eve. Cheers gang!

Where ever you are...I’m on my way 

[MigsG]

Merry Christmas everyone 

[Trimming]

[Hammer Smokin']

An oldie but a goodie. 

 

2008 petit edmundo

it was tasty

[xandor88]

[Meklown]

Coloniales paired with a precious dram of the discontinued Laphroaig 18. Merry Christmas everyone!

[Raskol]

Merry Christmas! FOH.. Siglo IV from our host.

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[X-Man]

Day 4

[Wookie]

Merry Christmas! I’m liking the robusto better than these torpedoes....but still quite tasty

[Wookie]

16 minutes ago, Lrabold89 said:

Ya kno, I thought the same thing recently .....but it took a few more cigars for me to realize how good the unicos was .....I had that and i couldn’t fault it, but it wasn’t blowing me away....after my next 4-5 cigars I thought, damn that unicos was flawless .....interesting how comparisons change your impression of a smoking experience


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The 2019-2020 Famosos have been so good it's ridiculous. I think my unicos are from 2017 and I've only one box. I need to buy some more recent boxes to better compare. 

[Chibearsv]

Merry Christmas!

Siglo III to start the day.

After dinner Sir Winston GR

Cigar perfection so far. 

[Nino]

A very good Christmas dinner of Argentine Beef, asparagus, a great 2011 Cohiba Rioja and a 2019 Montecristo EL.

Looking forward to a new and certainly better year coming up.

Merry Christmas to all !