Evening Bob,Quote:
Originally Posted by allusred
Montecristo #2 is an elegant smoke, very smooth and consistent, good (not great burn), tastes like the leaf was very well aged. Sneaky strong with lots of earth, subtlety and depth. Had to put them back in the cooler or I'd smoke them up.
Fought with another Rocky Patel Broadleaf Churchill earlier. They have flavor but I've had consistency problems with all RP marques. Fooled myself when I had a solid 5-pack (robusto) and and bought three boxes of the Churchills. Maybe the stouter rings are better, certainly more firmly packed.
5-Vegas Gold Toro with spring water. I like these, nicely made Ecuadorian CT wrapper sticks, good citrus with some cream and cedar. I wrote a review of Ecuadorian CT wrapped sticks a while back and I'd put these toward the top of the list. Noted that the recent couple of Macanudo Hype Park that I smoked appear to have changed to Ecuadorian CT from Connecticut wrappers, definitely not the same, caught me by surprise but they are deeper and more complex than the 5-Vegas but less bright flavors. For my tastes it's a switch I can live with but there's none of the old Jamaican type taste that was at least hinted at in the Dominican (lightly sweet molasses like the old Royal Jamaican). Don't know if the rest of the Cafe series is using the Ecuador wrapper and not so sure it will fly with long time Mac smokers.
Sitting on the deck listening to a Willie & Lobo mix on Pandora on a seasonably mild but not cold night.
