Nub 460 Connecticut - Gordo review

[Zeede]

Look! Up in the air! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a cigar Zeede bought for himself!



Here we have the Nub 460 Connecticut Gordo for review.

4" x 60

The theory with this cigar is that most cigars don't really hit their sweet spot until 1/2" or 1" in. I'm not sure about that, but I do know that it's quite amusing that they crammed a Churchill's amount of tobacco into something this short and stubby!

The wrapper is a typical Connecticut wrapper in color, not too veiny, but with very visible seams. Neither the veins nor the seams gave me any burn issues, so they're purely cosmetic flaws.

I use my Xikar ELX's punch, and off to the races we go!

Immediately I get a creamy flavor, with a medium amount of spice on the retrohale. The cream I expected, being a Connecticut, but I wasn't expecting that much spice on the retrohale!

Wood notes come in next, and I notice that the cigar creates huge volumes of smoke (@ShawnTheTroll got a good laugh as one of my early puffs just coalesced around my head and I kept coughing because I kept breathing it in ) with a fairly easy draw (but not too easy). I usually like a touch more resistance on my draws.

I begin noticing some sort of nutty sweetness. Shawn mentions that he tastes vanilla when he smokes Nub Connecticuts, but for me it isn't vanilla. I finally pin it down, it's honey!

1" in, the spice is picking up to a medium on the back of my throat. On the retrohale I get a full blast of spice! Wow!

1/2 way in, I'm starting to get a little light headed. This is definitely not a mild Connecticut, so if you tend to avoid Connecticuts because they're too mild for you, this one is at least a solid Medium in the nicotine department.

I'm also starting to get some tobacco notes...and my first ashing. I also realize at this point that I haven't taken a picture yet. Oops!



Okay whew, obligatory cigar porn taken care of.

I call it quits at 70 minutes due to my draws getting too hot. I tried taking slower, more gentle draws but that didn't help.

Final notes: I have a Nub 460 Cameroon resting that I am eager to try. These cigars are definitely worth checking out!

On a related note, I was bummed to get a call from my B&M this morning (Friday). My long awaited order of Boveda packs came in...except that Boveda screwed up and sent them a cube of 69% packs, and I wanted the 65% ones. The order form clearly shows 65%, but apparently someone at the Boveda warehouse needs new glasses.

I have noticed that if I put too much time between my draws, I start getting that stale smoke taste, and if I draw too frequently it goes harsh. I'm very much looking forward to getting my cigars down to 65% and having a much easier time keeping my cigars burning in that sweet spot.

[CoachDread]

Nice review! I really like the Nubs and have yet to have a bad one. You make an interesting point about drawing too infrequently having a negative taste impact. I hadn't considered that possibility. I knew that too frequently overheats things and really kills the flavor. I'll have to experiment a bit more. Thanks Cameron!

[Zeede]

What has been your smoking time for the Nubs?

[TheGrumpyOleTroll]

One thing we didn't discuss last night during the v-herf was maybe doing a purge when you get the stale smoke...

As for the vanilla flavor it was just a suggestion...as insaid before I have a hard time with tasting flavors in my cigars besides tobacco, sweet, peppery, leathery or woodsy...its why I don't do reviews.. It's either "yup good tobacco flavor"/or " nope not a good tobacco flavor"...although I have enjoyed reading others reviews!


The Troll

[Zeede]

I have found purging only helps for another puff or two.

[CoachDread]

What has been your smoking time for the Nubs?

About an hour to 90 minutes. That fat ring gauge really slows things down.