First Lady Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Hi guys This one seemed to stump a few of you Hope you are all enjoying the Comp and well done to those who picked right Cigar Number 3 was .......... H UPMANN NO 2 MEG JUN 16 BLIND TASTING COMP 2017 cigar 3.pdf I will put the next Post up for Cigar No 4 tomorrow Cheers Lisa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfire Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I was in between the Monte 2 or Diplo 2. Good thing I wasn't alone in that frame of mind. Prob half the guesses on a quick glance....Where's the dirty youthfulness of a young H upmann when you need it!?!? (On second thought the last 3rd of mine was so harsh I immediately let it go out.)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasdenaro Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 damn, first one i have got wrong, i was convinced it was a diplo. good to see i wasn't he only one. congrats to all who guessed correctly. and thank you Lisa for putting the results together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Habana Mike Posted June 7, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2017 Interesting to see that out of all guesses 14 were for the Upmann 20%, 14 for the VR Unicos 20% and 25 for the Diplomaticos 36%. Leaves 8 for the Monte and 7 for Partagas then 1 La Punta and 1 BBF - Campanas. Perhaps that theory about lack of marca differentiation of late isn't so far fetched. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominattorney Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I also guesses the diplo. I've smoked around 50 h upmann no 2 and have never had one that dark. Perhaps I just got a bad one like piggy and a few others were talking about. I actually smoked an upmann no 2 2 hours before cigar no 3 and I noticed no similarities whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texwrangler Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........2/3 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spivey6690 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 19 minutes ago, Texwrangler said: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........2/3 now. We're tied, Aggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busdriver Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Preconceived ideas of what the cigar is prior to smoking it has adversely affectes this year and last for me. The nutty creaminess of the last third was def upmann to me but I was convinced it was a diplo before smoking. Gotta trust the taste, not the instincts! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Haha! The only one I was sure it wasn't. Man I suck at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 hour ago, dominattorney said: I also guesses the diplo. I've smoked around 50 h upmann no 2 and have never had one that dark. Perhaps I just got a bad one like piggy and a few others were talking about. I actually smoked an upmann no 2 2 hours before cigar no 3 and I noticed no similarities whatsoever. That's what threw me, too. Looking at the near maduro wrapper I just put a cross straight through Upmann No.2. I was tossing between Monte 2 and VR Unicos. Not even close... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFatHokie Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 WOW! Tasted nothing like any Upmann, not just the NO. 2, but ANY Upmann I've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head83 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I wish I would have known about this forum earlier, this competition has been interesting to watch and looks like a lot of fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzArd Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 What a surprise. I had an Upmann from a recent 2424 partial box the night prior and it was nothing like the blind stick. I mean, worlds apart! It's a tough game, this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabashcr Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 7 hours ago, Habana Mike said: Interesting to see that out of all guesses 14 were for the Upmann 20%, 14 for the VR Unicos 20% and 25 for the Diplomaticos 36%. Leaves 8 for the Monte and 7 for Partagas then 1 La Punta and 1 BBF - Campanas. Perhaps that theory about lack of marca differentiation of late isn't so far fetched. These blind tastings all but prove it for me. I know many (most?) of us who participate aren't experts qualified in Habanos tasting. But if the blending and marca "DNA" still existed, you'd think we'd do a little better than we are currently. Especially an H Upmann. I'd bet quite a few participants have smoked hundreds, or even thousands of Upmanns, and got this completely wrong. Of course there's nothing scientific about this theory. But I do believe, especially with tobacco shortages of recent years, in many cases Cuba just rolls cigars with whatever tobacco they have on hand, and then put whatever bands on them the higher ups call for. I don't think that's the case for every cigar or every factory. But I think it probably happens quite a bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahDooRow Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 6 hours ago, ShortFatHokie said: WOW! Tasted nothing like any Upmann, not just the NO. 2, but ANY Upmann I've ever had. ^ This is exactly what I thought. In my email to Lisa I said that I expected cigar #3 to be an Upmann #2, but from the pre-light draw all the way to the end it tasted nothing like an Upmann #2. In the 1st third the flavors were very Partagas, so I thought it might be a PSP2. However, the middle third and final third tasted a lot like a VR Unico minus the cocoa/chocolate. I told Lisa I had never smoked a VR Unico that didn't yield some flavors of cocoa/chocolate, but everything else pointed to the Unico. Cigar #3 was by far the best of the first three. The Upmann #2 is among my favorite; and while I loved every minute of cigar #3, I am shocked to learn that cigar #3 is indeed an Upmann #2. This blind tasting is quite the humbling learning experience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spivey6690 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Lisa, is anyone 3/3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 ... another hard lesson about cigar profiles..! -LOL -Piggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watches_whiskies_cigars Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 7 hours ago, wabashcr said: But I do believe, especially with tobacco shortages of recent years, in many cases Cuba just rolls cigars with whatever tobacco they have on hand, and then put whatever bands on them the higher ups call for. I don't think that's the case for every cigar or every factory. But I think it probably happens quite a bit. Given that the box code was MEG (H Upmann factory), these cigars were rolled at the mother factory and yet the core DNA of an H Upmann was lacking. I'd say that the problem of bands being slapped on to cigars is more pernicious than what one may give Tabacuba the benefit of the doubt for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEVOSREVENGE Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 FWIW - My mystery cigar tasted just like my PSP MEG MAR 16 box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalfan85 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Man... H. Upmann, never would have guessed (well maybe 20% of the time or so). I was actually between Partagas and Diplomaticos, this is hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzArd Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 When I put it in the humidor I dropped it right on top of the H Upmanns I had waiting and noted that it could have come out of the same box they were so similar in color and rolling. Should have guessed right then...! Of all the four piramides I smoked prior it tasted most like the Partagas P2. Shortbread, little to no spice. Zero leather or pepper, and a cinnamon like sweetness I've never tasted in any cigar. The only Dip 2 I ever had was in the Christmas sampler and was virtually unsmokably plugged, but in reading various on-line reviews of the Dip 2 and El Prez's own descriptions in the past that's what I guessed this time. Was the cinnamon sweetness that threw me. 180° out of phase with the H Upmann No2 I had two weeks ago. If I could get several boxes that taste just like No 3 I'd quit buying other marcas. I thought it was fantastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post First Lady Posted June 7, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2017 7 hours ago, spivey6690 said: Lisa, is anyone 3/3? There are Two members WATCHES_WHISKIES_CIGARS PHARMACOVIGILANT 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schquigly Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Nailed it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesoro12 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 The first one I've actually gotten! I was between the Upmann and the diplo, I just thought it lacked a pepper character I associate with dip. The wood flavor on this was somewhat similar to some other upmann I've had and so that's why I ultimately leaned that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dflan82 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Congrats to those that got this one. Upmann was one of the first piramedes that I ruled out This one tasted nothing like an H. Upmann to me. I thought Cigar #3 to be most similar to a young VR with dense dark chocolate + tobacco throughout and hints of cinnamon and coffee (tiramisu) along the way. Oh well, on to the next one! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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