Lotusguy Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 BD unknown (purchased as two singles from a LCDH in Mexico 1.5 years ago) Medium Colorado wrapper. Perfect cap. No veins to speak of. Perfect draw with light resistance. Paired with cappuccino. Pre-light: Strong cocoa at the foot, slight barnyard when drawing. Smoke time: 90+ minutes Opening: Smooooooooooth!!! Hay aromas. First third: Unlike many LEs which have a somewhat generic chocolate/cocoa profile that has little in common with the regular production releases of the same marcas, this CGR totally has the Cohiba grassiness. In fact, I cannot really distinguish this stick from a good (5 year+ aged) regular Siglo VI. It has the slightly sour notes of the Cuban "twang". It is rather on the light bodied side, surprisingly. Very easy retrohale. Not the "party in my mouth" explosion of flavors that I was hoping for. You can feel and taste the very high quality tobacco, though. Very good burn. After about one inch, some wood notes develop. Smoke volume is average. Ash is a dark grey and holds pretty firm. Second third: Ash falls right at the beginning. Burn still nice and straight. Still core of dried grass but now a slight spice on the nose and more wood. Not as much as for example a HDM Du Roi but quite noticeable. Pepper remains on the retrohale. Very smooth smoke as if it had 10 years on it rather than just a couple (of course, the tobacco used has been aged 5 years already prior to rolling). Nutty finish that is not as super-long as that of the MGR yesterday. Ash falls again at the half way point of the cigar. Strength picks up a bit and the pepper goes away. Last third: Smoke volume goes up - not sure why. Flavors very much like the second third with pepper coming in and out. Almost let it go out because I had to take a work call - a few strong puffs to wake it up again introduced a bit of harshness but after a few minutes it settled down again. The unsweetened cappuccino complements this cigar exceedingly well. Final thoughts: I'd rate it a 95 - a very, very good smoke but it was a bit too close to a regular Siglo VI for my taste. BHK54 and 52 remain my favorite Cohibas. I have one of these Grand Reservas left now, which I will taste a year or so down the road. The price of these is unquestionably ridiculous, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramon_cojones Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I puffed on one of these from a pass a couple years back and didn't find it exceptional or anything special really. Prefer 01 lanceros and cces to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finecigar Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Nice review and photos! Thanks. I agree with you. I've found that '03 VI's are just as nice of a smoke (not to mention the 60-70$ per cigar price difference depending where you find em). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickdrinker Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 nice review Claus. Been eyeing mine lately and need to find time to smoke one while the weather is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerieT Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 thanks for the review...nice lighter btw st dupont maxi jet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 thanks for the review...nice lighter btw st dupont maxi jet? Almost - it's the predecessor, a S.T. Dupont X-tend (made in France versus the Maxijet which is made in China). I've only had it for a few weeks but I frigging love that thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Great review and pics - Thanks for sharing ! ... und Danke dafür mich daran zu erinnern dieses schöne Stück auch mal wieder zu rauchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Great review and pics - Thanks for sharing ! ... und Danke dafür mich daran zu erinnern dieses schöne Stück auch mal wieder zu rauchen Jederzeit! We should meet up when I am back in Germany sometime. This trip starting Thursday got shortened so unless you can be at the Spaetzlecasa next Saturday morning, it will have to be when I am back for 2 weeks in November Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Jederzeit! We should meet up when I am back in Germany sometime. This trip starting Thursday got shortened so unless you can be at the Spaetzlecasa next Saturday morning, it will have to be when I am back for 2 weeks in November Jederzeit gerne auch hier bei uns in der Apotheke. Leider wird es bei Herrn Schäuble kurzfristig nicht klappen und November bin ich auf der grossen Insel ... bist Du auch in Havanna mit dabei ... da werden wir eine gute Gruppe sein .... November ... you'll have to fly down to Havana, Klaus Liebe Grüße - Nino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Jederzeit gerne auch hier bei uns in der Apotheke. Leider wird es bei Herrn Schäuble kurzfristig nicht klappen und November bin ich auf der grossen Insel ... bist Du auch in Havanna mit dabei ... da werden wir eine gute Gruppe sein .... November ... you'll have to fly down to Havana, Klaus Liebe Grüße - Nino I'd much rather in be in Havana in November than in Southern Germany but work takes me to the cold We'll make it happen sometime, Nino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikesupremedunk Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 beautiful wrapper...i want to burn a sig VI now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svivo Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 beautiful wrapper...i want to burn a sig VI now lol It inspired me to, although I wish mine had the same age. Nice review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blakes Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Great Review! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk05 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yea...you better burn that to the nub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericC Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I've got 2 boxes of these stored in my humi. Bought them 2 years agoI'll admit haven't smoked any yet. Waiting on the right occasion. Hopefully soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jszeto Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Nice review and pics. These are cigars that I would love to collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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