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Cigar Report -- My Father Le Bijou 1922 Torpedo Box Press
Torpedo shaped and dark wrapper (Oscuro) ... box pressed, 6 1/8 X 52, not one but two fancy bands and a pretty orange wrapper at the tip. Nicaraguan everything (wrapper, binder, filler), I believe ... smelled nice, spicy, looked good. Easy draw, perfect burn ... only harsh for the briefest moment before mellowing and becoming very nice.
It took me 90! minutes to smoke this and once again a too-long ash caused it to go out and I needed to re-light it. This is a special cigar, Don Pepin Garcia knows what he's doing. If you can find a box, get it, but as a Robusto guy I really hate to spend over an hour on a single cigar ... it's just too decadent.
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Cigar Report -- La Boheme Pittore by Boutique Blends
Didn't light it particularly well despite the still night, but it was forgiving. 5 1/8 x 52 -- Robusto, this is the size and shape I prefer to smoke. Good draw, even burn. Bit harsh at first but quickly became mellow, very nice, very pleasant.
Then about two-thirds of the way through an odd thing happened. The ash grew so long that it actually put the cigar out and I had to relight it! This has never happened to me before.
Took me 75 minutes to finish it, which is much longer than I usually take for a cigar of this size. It has an Ecuadoran Habano wrapper with the binder/filler from the Dominican Republic. Never heard of "Boutique Blends" before, but this is a special cigar.
Cigar Report -- Nub Cameroon 358
I had trouble lighting this one too (very windy, user error), but once it got going all was well. Good draw, nice even burn. Bit harsh to start but *quickly* mellowed and became very nice. I've never smoked a stubby (3¾ x 58) cigar like this one, but it took me 53! minutes to finish it. The wrapper is from Cameroon and the binder/filler is Nicaraguan.
As I've said before, I don't have any "palate," but I did taste some leather in this one. It was a really pleasant surprise! A good smoke and unexpected, which made it even better.
