San Sebastian, Spain - Trip Report

[Buck14]

31 de Agosto Estanco (Tabacco Shop) in the Old Town of the City...

Purchases...

18% Currency Exchange from USD to EURO hurts bad, but I think I still got some decent prices and two boxes of aged sticks.  They had 2006 box of Party 898’s but was 350 EURO and I just couldn’t pull the trigger at that price point.  Certainly a reasonable cost though.

Buck

I have no idea how to rotate my pics, they were straight up on my tablet...sorry.

Trinidad Reyes MAR 08

 

SLR Tesoros RE OCT 16

 

BOLIVAR Tubos No. 1 MAR 03 (was fired up about this one)

Got some recent Rafael Gonzalez Perlas and Panatelas Extras too.

[Buck14]

THANK GOD THE LADY NEEDED A NAP!

ME TIME!

On the Malecon overlooking the Bay of Biscay and Beach before it in San Sebastian, Spain only about 8 miles from France.

Vino Tinto from Ribera del Duero accompanied by a 2003 Bolivar No. 1 not even on the truck yet much less ROTT.

Saludos de Espana!

[dangolf18]

Prices are controlled in Spain, so it's not like they're trying to screw anybody. There is a plethora of those aged Trini Reyes for some reason, as well as aged Party 898. The Tesoro stock is running low, so nice job on those.

 

[Buck14]

17 minutes ago, dangolf18 said:

Prices are controlled in Spain, so it's not like they're trying to screw anybody. There is a plethora of those aged Trini Reyes for some reason, as well as aged Party 898. The Tesoro stock is running low, so nice job on those.

 

That price was fair on the 898s just didnt want to blow my budget-on first day here. I’ll be in France for some Q’s d’Orsay on the weekend

[dangolf18]

12 minutes ago, Buck14 said:

That price was fair on the 898s just didnt want to blow my budget-on first day here. I’ll be in France for some Q’s d’Orsay on the weekend

Nice. Yea the 20% VAT in Spain blows. Dying to try the new QDOs. I'll be going to France this Spring, so will have to wait until then lol.

[Buck14]

The worst Cubans I’ve ever smoked were a box of SLR Regios from ABR 15....This stick does NOT taste like that...initial impression is YUM YUM YUM!

Heavy Cedar for me, nice mild-medium. Shit, I’m gonna have to get at least two more boxes. 

Mellowing out a bit but very godd nuanced flavor.  Probably the Silver Medalist to thw Trinidad Vigia in competiton for best “LESS THAN MEDIUM” smoke.

[El Presidente]

Thanks for the update!

[madandana]

Thanks for the report. I have some of the Torsoros. Good smokes. San Sebaststian will be my next Spanish destination.

[Buck14]

Nightcapper Trinidad Reyes MAR 08.

I can remember MAYBE 2 or 3 ORGASMIC AHHHHHH CUBA smokes this year...a custom Cuban Corona Gorda puro rolled in Munich, a RASS, and this GORGEOUS BEAUTY overlooking the nocturnal Waves of the Bay of Biscay.  WOW

[Buck14]

In the interests of Science, and because it’s only 1am local time in Espana, I decided to light up another Trinidad Reyes from 2008.

Sad to say that early returns on this stick don’t quite match my first from a mere 90 minutes ago. That inspiration was a 98-99 and, although only just lit, this baby seems like 100.

Truly living the life!

[Buck14]

I decided to forgo the SLR Tesoro RE additional boxes and instead opted to buy 2 of the last 3 boxes of Trinidad Reyes from MAR 2008 at the 31 de Agosto Estanco store. In the end, for around the same box price I got a TRANSCENDENT box of 12 aged cigars for 89€ instead of a definitely good, maybe eventually great, limited regional production cigar box of 10 Tesoros for 80€.  I couldn’t leave those 2008 reyes on the shelf for 7€+ a stick.