Cuban MonteCristo Corona Grande Tubos
newbiesmoker24
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Hello Everyone,
I just got my hands on this "forbidden fruit" specialty smoke. Before I smoke it I was wondering if anyone has tried one and how they compare to their non-cuban counterparts that we regularly purchase from this lovely establishment called ccom. I am half tempted to buy a single and smoke them at the same time to compare the differences.
Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks!
I just got my hands on this "forbidden fruit" specialty smoke. Before I smoke it I was wondering if anyone has tried one and how they compare to their non-cuban counterparts that we regularly purchase from this lovely establishment called ccom. I am half tempted to buy a single and smoke them at the same time to compare the differences.
Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks!
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Some people say that Cubans taste better with age; but I don't think I am going to wait for this particular smoke. I am expecting that since Cubans are all puros and that this is a lighter wrapper without a ton of harsh flavors that need to "mellow"; there really isn't much reason to age this cigar. Does anyone disagree with that logic?
Cuban cigars unless an Edicion Limitada usually is young tobacco that is very smoke-able right away, but many say (and it's arguable) that a Cuban hits it "Stride" anywhere from 5-8 years from date of manufacturer.
Am I stockpiling Cubans to age them for 5 years? Most likely not, my budget won't accommodate that. But I'm with ya, if it's your first Cuban, Smoke that Sumbitch and see if you like it... If you get ammonia and harshness it may just be a young cigar, but the Monte's I've smoked weren't very old and were delicious!
Alex took this a step further saying that bc of the lack of money and resources, etc Cuban tobacco is not really fermented correctly at all, like it is every where else. It is pretty much rushed straight from the fields to your hands. That would make sense when so many of us notice that cuban cigars taste "young" . Most cigars from other places consist of tobaccos that are aged extensively before being rolled into said cigar, many times for years.
If it's true that they tend to be very young cigars then that might explain why I can detect quality tobacco but, despite this fact, they still don't smoke well... Very interesting.
Here's the link to the review I did on this cigar.
JDE
I have some RyJ DUKES 2009 that I just bought and it was nice that they have a box code of DIC 09 so they are almost 2 years old and the 09s have 2 year old tobacco in them
But then I see the Cohiba Gran Reserva with 5 year tobacco and the cigar is very RARE but also prohibitively expensive.
I will go back to my previous statement that there are some cigars rolled today that have EXTREMELY Aged tobacco before it's rolled.
I'd love to buy aged cubans from the get go and not have them cost an arm and a leg... (Except for Cubans from 00-01 where they were notorious for being consistently PLUGGED.
Basically there is no right answer and if done right everything can be tasty!
JDE