H Upmann Petit Corona MEG AUG 15 MPCRW

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This evening was entitled “Let’s See how these are doing...”. My buddy got a recent bundle of Alex’s Puntillas and he wanted to see how they are before a long nap.  And I had been wanting to try my first Upmann PC from a box split awhile back.  I was excited as I love this cigar.  

First thoughts.  This box has a really interesting mottled wrapper.  Never seen anything quite like it.  

Cold draw is perfect.  Great resistance.

First half.  This thing is a HAMMER.  It’s the most un-Upmann cigar.  Voluminous smoke production and quite strong.  After the first 3/4” it calmed down a bit and became focused.  Didn’t have the vegetal quality of a young cigar (it’s already 3+ years old) but it had a lot of green and pine notes.  

Second half and conclusion

This cigar never hit “elegant” which is to some extent the way that I have described these in the past. I have a TOS 16 box that completely embodies that term.  Figgy and complex.  This was not that.  By the end, we all agreed that the prevailing note was “ashy.”  

To be fair, while this review sounds overly negative and harsh, it wasn’t a wholly unpleasant experience.  It’s true I did go in with certain flavor expectations - as would anyone who has some experience with a product.  This one was just soo... different.  Perhaps the other 11 will be different.

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Nice review. Sounds like it needs even more time though. No point smoking what should be good cigars when they taste like this, and there’s no hint of ‘tired’ in your description... so I would say put ‘em away and wait for more pleasure!

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1 hour ago, RDB said:

Nice review. Sounds like it needs even more time though. No point smoking what should be good cigars when they taste like this, and there’s no hint of ‘tired’ in your description... so I would say put ‘em away and wait for more pleasure!

Totally my thought.  Needs more time.  Haven’t seen too many Upmann PC that need more than 3 years to even open up but that’s certainly what I believe to be the case