Arturo Fuente Petit Corona Maduro

[Tatsumi67]

In my continued quest for a short smoke, to enjoy on the colder Minnesota days and maybe with the morning coffee I selected this little AF Petit Corona Maduro, 5x38. This is an ongoing search, and maybe I found a cadindate in this $3 stogie.

I had it with a cup of jasmine tea, the light tea flavor played on the darker maduro flavors very well. I used a V-cutter to slow it down a bit, it lasted 25 minutes.  It lit with a single match, and had a nice, strong vanilla start, which faded into a very unique flavor I can only qualify as "Musky Citrus" which was very pleasant.

It was a very enjoyable smoke with an earthy, peppery finish even if it became a bit pungant and hot on the tongue with an inch still remaining.  This was the only con, but it does not really apply because twenty five minutes was all I wanted out of it to begin with.

With an economical price, pleasant flavor and clean, sharp burn I think I may have to make this a regular in my humidor.

On the CA scale I'd give it about a 78.

[tafdom]

Awesome job as usual. You should come around more. How in the world did you get into german industrial rock?  

[madurodave]

thanks for the review.

DU HAST!  :dude:

[CheapHumidorsDotCom]

Our secretary here was literally just asking me to go get her some of those petite coronas.  I've never actually had one, but she's very fond of them.

[Tatsumi67]

Update! I had one of the natural non maduro versions and also gave one to an old leatherneck friend of mine as a late christmas gift, and I must say the natural version is much different and superior in a few ways:

The flavor was lighter and even "Rosey" with a woodsy, cedar aroma that my family even went out of their way to completement. The burn was very precise and it held it's ash like the best of them. Interestingly enough I did not get the usual "smokey mouth" with this one, the flavor was delicate and did not leave and after taste.

In short I will say that this is a rare acception where I will choose the natural over maduro.