Wanted to smoke my pipe, but it was too windy, so lit up an Oliva G Churchill instead.
What Cigar are You Smoking?
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Meh, the Trail Mix was decent, but not worth seeking out with any real effort. I would probably be a lot more bullish on it if it was in the Mini BV or 5x50 sizes in the regular line, but I got kind of bored with the Toro about halfway through or so. The Achilles I remember being totally different from the Buenaventuras. I'm starting to wonder if Curivari struggles with consistency. When I first got into them a few years ago, I loved almost everything I tried. Thought they shared a similar blending style to Padron, but at better prices. Lately, it's been hit and miss, unfortunately, more misses than hits. Of course, it could be my tastes changing too.
Illusione The La Grande Classe Rex. Great cold weather cigar.
I've been smoking virtual cigars, but only one a day. Smoking more, I become virtually sick of virtuality.
Aladino Vintage Selection. Just comes in the one size, a Rothschild
Beautiful day today so moved the office to the backyard and smoking a Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro to end the work day
Do you prefer the regular Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapped Melanios or the San Andres Maduro version?
Smoked while pruning some rose bushes. Construction was great, the flavors mostly weren't. But it served its purpose.
Something like that. It was an extra in a trade, if memory serves. I do like me some Fuente Koolaid from time to time.
Perez Carrillo Encore. I loved this cigar when it came out. I was shocked that a lot of my cigar friends did not share my enthusiasm. Some even hated it. Then it was Cigar Aficionado's #1 cigar of 2018, and I was like, "Sweet vindication, you unsophisticated rubes!" Just kidding, I didn't say that to anyone. But I did feel pretty good about being an early and enthusiastic admirer of the stick.
When I was reading more widely about cigars I seem to remember running into to a report about Mr. Saka starting up a brand. He was transitioning from working for Drew Estate. Did the cigar justify his reputation in the industry?
Just noticed that the picture credit given by the poster above is to one Steve Saka Sobremesa. Hmmmmm. . .who could this be?
LAT52, not bad, not great. I REALLY wish they would make some more La Mission 1959s. or any La Missions. Were they discontinued?!?!
Steve Saka was indeed working at Drew Estate. He is considered a bit of unorthodox and not traditional in almost everything he does. People bothered him so much to make a Lancero blend and he named it #NLTHA; Now Leave Me The Hell Alone. He only blends and picks the tobacco, the Sobremesa is produced by Joya which makes it a very good cigar construction wise. I think they are spot on, the Sobremesa blend I like the most. The only real downside can be price, MSRP they can be kinda expensive, he even made a 100 dolar cigar called the Unicorn (which is kinda funny again...).
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