02-17-2007, 02:22 PM
Cuaba Distinguidos
Origin: Cuba
Manufactured: Hand Made
Length: 162
Ring: 52
Smoked my second distinguidos last night, from a single cigar of unknown box code from LCdH London. Previously I had smoked a single from 03 that I very much enjoyed so I was expecting great things.
This cigar is a large figuardo, in the style of old fashioned gentleman's cigars from the early 20th century. It really does look quite impressive. Unfortunately, I could tell before I lit it that it felt a bit too light for such a big cigar and from touching it, it seemed underfilled.
The first third of this cigar was very mild but it was also pretty bland. I was hoping that the cigar might open up into a flavour bomb, as I had experienced previously. Unfortunately by the time I got stuck into the second third, I was beginning to experience a wildly uneven burn that needed constant correcting. I could also tell that this cigar was smoking way too fast for its' size due to being underfilled. When I got to the final third I was quite sick of this cigar and pronounced that it was one of the worst cigars I've smoked in a long time. These cigars are meant to be rolled by experienced torcedors due to the difficulty in constructing large figuardos. Unfortunately this cigar seemed to have been rolled by a complete noob who had forgotten to put any ligero leaf in whatsoever, let alone a reasonable quantity of tobacco.
Big shame as I had previously really enjoyed this cigar. On this sampling - 81/100
Origin: Cuba
Manufactured: Hand Made
Length: 162
Ring: 52
Smoked my second distinguidos last night, from a single cigar of unknown box code from LCdH London. Previously I had smoked a single from 03 that I very much enjoyed so I was expecting great things.
This cigar is a large figuardo, in the style of old fashioned gentleman's cigars from the early 20th century. It really does look quite impressive. Unfortunately, I could tell before I lit it that it felt a bit too light for such a big cigar and from touching it, it seemed underfilled.
The first third of this cigar was very mild but it was also pretty bland. I was hoping that the cigar might open up into a flavour bomb, as I had experienced previously. Unfortunately by the time I got stuck into the second third, I was beginning to experience a wildly uneven burn that needed constant correcting. I could also tell that this cigar was smoking way too fast for its' size due to being underfilled. When I got to the final third I was quite sick of this cigar and pronounced that it was one of the worst cigars I've smoked in a long time. These cigars are meant to be rolled by experienced torcedors due to the difficulty in constructing large figuardos. Unfortunately this cigar seemed to have been rolled by a complete noob who had forgotten to put any ligero leaf in whatsoever, let alone a reasonable quantity of tobacco.
Big shame as I had previously really enjoyed this cigar. On this sampling - 81/100