Popular Post Tdm_86 Posted May 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2022 Sunday afternoon, it’s a lovely day out with the sun beaming down on the back yard. Off to the ‘ready to smoke’ humidor. This PSD5 is one of 3 I bought as singles at my local B&M last November. They came out of a BOP AGO 19 box. It’s my first D5, not sure what to expect as far as blend goes. I generally love Partagas (E2, Lusi, D4, P2, Shorts, Mille Fleurs). Grabbed myself a Lungo with a splash of orgeat to have with my cigar and sat myself down. Pre-light: Nice wrapper shade, but kind of veiny and unevenly rolled/pinched. But not too worried about that with this gauge. Straight cut and as expected, the draw is fine. The cold draw is sweet bell pepper, quite nice. First half: It opens immediately with big flavor. I didn’t expect that. Paprika, sourdough and an almondy, creamy sweetness that it all rides on. The almond cream is totally unexpected and might be because I put orgeat in my coffee. Extremely enjoyable nonetheless. The burn is a tiny bit wonky, I attribute that to the slightly pinched roll. It burns fine and only requires 1 touchup to the halfway point. At the tail end of the first half the sweetness is taken over by deep earth, this is more of the Partagas I’ve come to expect. Second half: Dominated by earth, some hints of coffee grounds. Highlights are still the sourdough, but the paprika has turned into something more spicy like a habanero pepper. Very tasty, the finish is long and interesting with the habanero spicyness building up to take over from the earth after the smoke is expelled through the retrohale. Smoked it until it wasn’t comfortable to hold. No bitterness or astringency throughout. Conclusion: Really liked this, kind of like a concentrated D4. A little deeper and darker on the flavor. Very Partagas, which for some reason I didn’t think it would be. Some older reviews from when it was first released into regular production weren’t too kind, which is probably why I didn’t anticipate it smoking as good as it did. This example took about 45 minutes to smoke. 91/100 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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