kilroy Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I posted pics of this box months ago and finally am getting around to reviewing one. I found my camera and it was a beautiful day out in the backyard so I thought why not. What was supposed to be a relaxing cigar and mohito turned into an hour of hacking away at some intruding vines. The cigar is out of this world though: PreLight: A little wrinkly wrapper with a slight fade of color. Great smell of leather with light hay and a firm draw. First third: The corona started off just slightly charcoal for the first few draws. After that subsided a nice flow of warm leather and coffee flavors came out. It wasn't strong at all. In fact the taste seemed covered up or lacking. It was enjoyable but you had to focus on the flavors instead of having them smack you in the face like most Partagas do. The rest: After the first third I got myself mixed up in taking my 8 iron to this thorny vine that started taking over some palm bushes in my backyard. While not focusing completely on the cigar I can say that the flavors really stayed solid throughout the entire cigar and after diverting my attention from dispensing of the unwanted shrubbery I finished the cigar on my patio. Thoughts: This is the first one out of this box that wasn't a stunner. It was good but just muted flavors. It could have been the tight draw on it even though I was getting plenty of smoke. Score: 86. Normally these get 90-91. The mohito got a 92. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechenman Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Kilroy...thanks for the review. This is another Party tht I have not experienced yet. Sorry to read that it's performance was not up to snuff. Great pictures by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aavkk Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Kilroy, sorry to hear. I have a box of these with the same code and mine have been stellar. Consistent 91-92 point smokes. I pick up a nice aged leather aroma, kind if like sticking your face in an old baseball glove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
android Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Thanks for the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilroy Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 Kilroy, sorry to hear. I have a box of these with the same code and mine have been stellar. Consistent 91-92 point smokes. I pick up a nice aged leather aroma, kind if like sticking your face in an old baseball glove. That's what gets me is that I've smoked 4 so far and the other 3 were just like that. Wonderful aged leather smacking you around like you were its *****. I went back and inspected the rest of the smokes and they felt nice and much more pliable than this one did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Along with the Lonsdales, IMHO, the best Partagas. My 02s are excellent. 06s were very harsh the first couple years, but are really evolving into a nice smoke now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hmm, maybe it was just a bad stick...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Thanks for the review. These are on my "try to find" list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughrider Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Thanks for the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoins Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 This was my first Partagas cigar, and it's one of my favorites. I believe mine was an '02 production. It's a very honest and true smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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