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  1. I'm relatively new to Cuban cigars and can count the number of different Cubans I've smoked on one hand. I still have and smoke mostly non-Cuban's, but my "passed over" cigar for this review is the first Cuban I bought from Rob and I got it back in September: the Por Larranaga Petit Corona. It will be my first one. I've been letting it rest at 64-65 per cent humidity, but for the last month I've been battling high humidity here in Florida with my home humidity in the low to mid 70's much of the time and my stored cigars going as high as 68% this last month. So I wanted to wait til it came down, as well as listening to the wisdom of more experienced smokers who recommend longer aging on these to bring out their reknowned caramel sweetness. Humidity is still high which is one of the reasons I keep passing over them. Rob has suggested trying some early to see how they progress, and like him I don't mind a little "mongrel" in my cigars, so I lit one up today and hoped the somewhat higher moisture content wouldn't affect the taste or burn. I used a V-cut and draw was fine with just the right amount of resistance. It lit well and burned evenly almost all the way down except for a bit of unevenness after about an inch that self-corrected. The first photo was about 12 minutes after I lit it and as you can see, it had burned down less than half an inch. I was trying to smoke it slowly. There was an underlying sweetness right from the beginning. The body was a medium and the strength to me was the lighter side of medium to a solid medium by the end. It was a windy day and I was outside for much of the time (when I wasn't driving). In the second photo, when I was near the water, the wind was pretty strong and caused the ash to fall prematurely and I had to relight it twice. You might also notice that the wrapper started to develop a small split, but it didn't turn out to be a problem and I smoked right through it. Besides the sweetness, I tasted a little toast here and there, but the flavors weren't that well defined. It did have a rich taste, and though I know some reviewers have said it can be a bit bland when young, I didn't find it bland at all. Early on I wafted some of the smoke towards me and was surprised to detect some ammonia smell present, but I didn't taste it at all when I was smoking it. It was smooth and there was no harshness. Hopefully, the flavors will come out more as these age, and I intend to have several a year to compare until I feel they've hit their sweet spot.

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