Fonseca Cubano Limitado Toro
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I completely lost track how this stick wound up in my box. It arrived with a crumpled cellophane sleeve, as though the previous owner removed the cello, wadded it up, then changed his mind, unfolded the wad, and re-inserted the cigar.
Isn't she a beauty? Mottled and dark dark red like cocobolo rosewood. And like cocobolo, she had that super slick oily feel to her. Loads of oily sheen. The contrast of the small classic black and gold band made for an understated elegance. Felt solid everywhere except the foot. Good weight to it. No odor, neither wrapper nor foot, and no flavor; either; just a soapy slick feel in the mouth. Medium veins in a tight wrapper. They call this a toro, but it's a 50 gauge, so a robusto one inch longer. Very nice. Uncaps neatly. Draw tastes like wood with some distant aromatic spice.
We had the hearth going, so I toasted the foot in the fire, then just touched the end with a match. Lit all wood; but settled in almost immediately with smooth wood, cedar, and cardamom. The smoke was thick and oily and it felt cool. Usually, our hearth draws the smoke out and up; but this smoke tended to hang in front of my face and eventually fill the room. Didn't want to suck up the flue. Heavy smoke, too cool to rise. Like smoke from the old smudge pots they used to light on frosty nights to shroud citrus groves. Oily in the mouth, with cedar in the retro. Although I found the retro enjoyable, I had to be careful not to inhale the cloud of smoke that hung in front of me, because that was irritatingly dry. This smoke smelled aromatic to me; but Bearswatter complained over and again. She has had long practice. The burn was perfect and slow. The ash fell short. It burnt an hour forty minutes. Tremendous flavor without a load of strength. The cardamom lends just the right spice.
I got a pleasant stinkfinger; but my morning mouth was plupotent. So overly strong, in fact, that I stank up the whole bedroom and wasted morning wood. I even got thick phlegm. Nice cardamom lingers in the back of my throat. Fabulous with espresso latte.
I rate at four stars. Would be more if not for the morning issues. I'd buy more in a heartbeat.
Isn't she a beauty? Mottled and dark dark red like cocobolo rosewood. And like cocobolo, she had that super slick oily feel to her. Loads of oily sheen. The contrast of the small classic black and gold band made for an understated elegance. Felt solid everywhere except the foot. Good weight to it. No odor, neither wrapper nor foot, and no flavor; either; just a soapy slick feel in the mouth. Medium veins in a tight wrapper. They call this a toro, but it's a 50 gauge, so a robusto one inch longer. Very nice. Uncaps neatly. Draw tastes like wood with some distant aromatic spice.
We had the hearth going, so I toasted the foot in the fire, then just touched the end with a match. Lit all wood; but settled in almost immediately with smooth wood, cedar, and cardamom. The smoke was thick and oily and it felt cool. Usually, our hearth draws the smoke out and up; but this smoke tended to hang in front of my face and eventually fill the room. Didn't want to suck up the flue. Heavy smoke, too cool to rise. Like smoke from the old smudge pots they used to light on frosty nights to shroud citrus groves. Oily in the mouth, with cedar in the retro. Although I found the retro enjoyable, I had to be careful not to inhale the cloud of smoke that hung in front of me, because that was irritatingly dry. This smoke smelled aromatic to me; but Bearswatter complained over and again. She has had long practice. The burn was perfect and slow. The ash fell short. It burnt an hour forty minutes. Tremendous flavor without a load of strength. The cardamom lends just the right spice.
I got a pleasant stinkfinger; but my morning mouth was plupotent. So overly strong, in fact, that I stank up the whole bedroom and wasted morning wood. I even got thick phlegm. Nice cardamom lingers in the back of my throat. Fabulous with espresso latte.
I rate at four stars. Would be more if not for the morning issues. I'd buy more in a heartbeat.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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I tell you, this thing, I can still taste it The flavor soaks in and stays.