Laynard
02-19-2015, 05:05 PM
6/3/2014
Cigar: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco
Size: Piramide, 5.0”x57 (box-pressed)
MSRP: $9.80
Strength: Medium-Full
Wrapper: Sumatra
Origin: Dominican Republic
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Prelight: This is a very neat and unique looking cigar. It is a box-pressed piramide giving it the look of the Washington Monument (hence its name). The Sumatra wrapper is a little rugged with a couple wrinkled veins on the backside. The wrapper has a floral, wood scent while the foot smells of wood with a dash of powdered cocoa. The cold draw is nice and tastes like sweetened wood.
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1/3: The Obelisco kicks off like a champ; there is a lot of wood initially, which is joined by sweet cream, then a few puffs later, I’m getting grass and pepper as well. It doesn’t end there – nuts also make an appearance all in the first third. I even think I am getting a bit of chocolate as well. Soon, though, everything seems to mellow out and I am mostly picking up pepper, cream and cedar.
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2/3: Just look at that ash! It actually lasts for half of the cigar, and the burn is perfect. The second third has taken a step back from the complexity I got in the first third, and there is mostly only wood and cream, but there is a hint of pepper and chocolate as well, as I get ready to transition to the last third, the pepper fades completely, and the grassiness is coming back.
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3/3: The final third again mellows. The cedar is getting stronger, but the other flavors (cream, hay, chocolate) are fading to compensate. The smoke does get a little hot towards the nub, but the burn remains gosh-darn perfect.
Overall: This is a great cigar, rolled with skill and blended to match. The first third was amazing, but it was nice that it mellowed out so that I wasn’t continuously furrowing my brow trying to figure out the copious amounts of flavors. My only qualm about this cigar is its size. It’s just too short of a smoke! And the price is a little high for the size, but when you find out there are only two people who can bunch and one who can roll this work of art, it makes sense.
Cigar: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco
Size: Piramide, 5.0”x57 (box-pressed)
MSRP: $9.80
Strength: Medium-Full
Wrapper: Sumatra
Origin: Dominican Republic
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Prelight: This is a very neat and unique looking cigar. It is a box-pressed piramide giving it the look of the Washington Monument (hence its name). The Sumatra wrapper is a little rugged with a couple wrinkled veins on the backside. The wrapper has a floral, wood scent while the foot smells of wood with a dash of powdered cocoa. The cold draw is nice and tastes like sweetened wood.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/Laynard/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/9A64FE56-7E2A-4CAC-AA0A-8BC4DE701A9E.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Laynard/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/9A64FE56-7E2A-4CAC-AA0A-8BC4DE701A9E.jpg.html)
1/3: The Obelisco kicks off like a champ; there is a lot of wood initially, which is joined by sweet cream, then a few puffs later, I’m getting grass and pepper as well. It doesn’t end there – nuts also make an appearance all in the first third. I even think I am getting a bit of chocolate as well. Soon, though, everything seems to mellow out and I am mostly picking up pepper, cream and cedar.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/Laynard/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/289CDA5A-59A6-4F2B-B793-AFB4D4AD90EB.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Laynard/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/289CDA5A-59A6-4F2B-B793-AFB4D4AD90EB.jpg.html)
2/3: Just look at that ash! It actually lasts for half of the cigar, and the burn is perfect. The second third has taken a step back from the complexity I got in the first third, and there is mostly only wood and cream, but there is a hint of pepper and chocolate as well, as I get ready to transition to the last third, the pepper fades completely, and the grassiness is coming back.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/Laynard/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/D9AFCBEC-66CD-4A63-8074-5D85527663B3.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Laynard/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/D9AFCBEC-66CD-4A63-8074-5D85527663B3.jpg.html)
3/3: The final third again mellows. The cedar is getting stronger, but the other flavors (cream, hay, chocolate) are fading to compensate. The smoke does get a little hot towards the nub, but the burn remains gosh-darn perfect.
Overall: This is a great cigar, rolled with skill and blended to match. The first third was amazing, but it was nice that it mellowed out so that I wasn’t continuously furrowing my brow trying to figure out the copious amounts of flavors. My only qualm about this cigar is its size. It’s just too short of a smoke! And the price is a little high for the size, but when you find out there are only two people who can bunch and one who can roll this work of art, it makes sense.