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Cuaba distinguidos
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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
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#2
shoot. i hope they're not messing this stick up, since i've really enjoyed the ones i've had. even those had a tendency to burn a bit crooked, but nothing fatal. hope it was just a one-off dud. thanks for the review, in any case.
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Bungalowbill Wrote:shoot. i hope they're not messing this stick up, since i've really enjoyed the ones i've had. even those had a tendency to burn a bit crooked, but nothing fatal. hope it was just a one-off dud. thanks for the review, in any case.

I think it must have been a duff box because my friend's impression of the cuaba was that it was like a silk cut ultra cigarrette as was so mild, and his was underfilled too.

I am curious to try another from a different box to satisfy my curiousity.  Won't be rushing to do so though.
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#4
fired up one of my last distinguidos yesterday. had to correct the burn once, but other than that it was good as always... a very refreshing, light and perfumey smoke, surprising depth for something so mellow. i think the box i got was from the middle of '05, if that helps. was your dud made after that? if so, i suppose we should be cautious, in case this brand has gone downhill. that would be a shame, since most cubanos have gotten much better in recent years with improvements in factories and quality control.
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