Father's Day will be busy tomorrow so I'm celebrating tonight with one of my special occasion smokes. It's the old Ashton blend LAdC. It had about five years on it before meeting its demise. Normally any construction or burn issues play a huge factor in my enjoyment of a smoke, but this one was an oddity. I had to smoke it about twice as fast as normal to keep it lit, but even taking that into account it was without a doubt the best smoke I've had to date. Very complex flavors stayed right in the medium range and zero strength or harshness. Now I understand why people were disappointed with them being reblended by DPG.
Well, Today I smoked a Grillete, which was given to me by Kuzi as a part of his 10,000th post contest some time ago. Kuzi can fill in the details about the components of this cigar, all I can offer are high praise of the blend. Rolled at the Plasencia factory, construction and burn were excellent. The pre-light aroma was one of sweet hay and reminded me of raisin as well
The flavor profile was very well balanced with so much going on it was hard to keep track. I found notes of oak like wood, leather, a toast like quality that often transitioned to a nutty flavor. I experienced a corn like flavor that reminded me of Fritos. as well as an earthy hint to join the party. There was very little spice which I found pleasant because it gave all these other flavors a chance to shine through. There were layers of flavors on each puff, and an extremely long finish with every draw.
This was a cigar that I would buy by the box, and I don't say that because of the source. What an outstanding cigar. Thank you very much for the chance to smoke this one Matt, it was a fine blend. Did I mention that this was one of Matt's personal blends ?
A pairing based on a recommendation from The RobbyRas. I must say, Rob was right on. Thanks man! Also, the cigar was courtesy of Jiunn. The Padron 64 Maduro is easily one of my favorites and I hadn't had it in this vitola before. Thanks!!!
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Normally any construction or burn issues play a huge factor in my enjoyment of a smoke, but this one was an oddity. I had to smoke it about twice as fast as normal to keep it lit, but even taking that into account it was without a doubt the best smoke I've had to date. Very complex flavors stayed right in the medium range and zero strength or harshness. Now I understand why people were disappointed with them being reblended by DPG.
The flavor profile was very well balanced with so much going on it was hard to keep track. I found notes of oak like wood, leather, a toast like quality that often transitioned to a nutty flavor. I experienced a corn like flavor that reminded me of Fritos. as well as an earthy hint to join the party. There was very little spice which I found pleasant because it gave all these other flavors a chance to shine through. There were layers of flavors on each puff, and an extremely long finish with every draw.
This was a cigar that I would buy by the box, and I don't say that because of the source. What an outstanding cigar. Thank you very much for the chance to smoke this one Matt, it was a fine blend. Did I mention that this was one of Matt's personal blends ?