Taste differences in Size??
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I've been doing a lot of reading and research trying to become a little more schooled and trying to understand some of the subtler nuances of the finer sticks and I came across something that piqued my interest and made sense but I have never experienced. I came acroos it in "Nat Sherman's; A Passion For Cigars" and said that the taste of the cigar can vary GREATLY just from size to size in the same line and same filler/binder/wrapper. I can't say that I have noticed that large of a difference in my experience, and was curious if it is simply because my palate isn't as refined as others...? I've noticed subtle differences between the churchill RP Vintage 1990, the torpedo, and the robusto. And yes, all were of the maduro wrapper to keep with consitancy. Try to become a little wiser and less "noob" so to speak. --Jarman
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That being said, there are some blenders and manufacturer's out there who are skilled enough that the difference between sizes of the same stick is minimal and sometimes not even noticed at all. Fuente Anejo's come to mind immediately.
Hope this helped instead of confused. :-)
In my opinion, you would almost definitely taste a difference when comparing let's say a corona vs a 60 ring gauge monster.
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much of this is kinda covered in there. it talks about ring gauge and length, and how that effects the smoke.
one thing that is not in that thread (yet, im working on that actually) is how longer cigars of one ring will taste different than shorter smokes with the same ring based not on how the filler leaves are bunched in relation to what part of the leaf you are smoking, but rather based on how the smoke from the lit foot interacts with the unburnt tobacco.
as the cigar gets shorter and shorter the smoke interacts with less and less filler before it hits your palate. these filler leaves, however, are covered with more and more of the particulates that filter out in the leaves. both effect the cigar as you burn through them.
the demonstration that i have been meaning to do is to buy a hand full of churchills and smoke one from full length, cut an inch off the foot of the next one, another inch off the food of the next one and so forth. this will allow me to understand how the above concepts change the cigar as it goes on base off of what the original tastes like at the point that i cut it.
the wrapper gives most of the flavor to any well blended cigar, even mild ones.
just because there is a Connecticut wrapper doesnt mean the differences wont be noticeable. i like to think of it in terms of ratios. the oils in the wrapper to the oils in the fillers ratio to be exact. there are proportionality the same amount of oils in the wrapper of a mild cigar as there are in the wrapper of a fuller cigar in relationship to the oils in the filler. if this was not the case, the cigar may not be balanced or could be one dimensional.
this may or may not bring up another issue. do the above mentioned concepts change according to ring? maybe. iduno. as i said last post, this is an undeveloped concept in my head. it is not something that i have tested on my own or read of any other person doing.
yet...
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I'm kinda the opposite. I have found the sizes I enjoy, and so now I'm trying to find cigars I like in the size. I've tried different sizes, and some of them just "feel too small" to me. I like the bigger rings, so now the search is on for a good overall smoke.