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Cohiba Siglo V
Size: 170 x 43 ? Dalias
Smoke time: 1hour 47mins
Box date: Unknown
I can?t for the life of me remember where or how I got this cigar, (may have been from Puff Scotty) but I?ve had it in my humi for around a year, so I?m guessing it?s at least two years old.
Appearance: Stately. The Siglo V had an oily, lightly green tinged sheened, tan wrapper with some smooth veins and wrinkles, and a wrap that was almost invisible. A wrapper shade was a little strange in that it doesn?t quite match in with others in the Siglo line which are slightly more ochre. Standard band ?D? 2003 to current.
Construction: The cigar felt well packed and consistent from head to foot and the triple cap was nicely rounded and well applied. On cutting, the cold draw was slightly resistive and I was getting a woody, slightly salty taste from the wrapper. The smoking draw was nigh on perfect and the burn unwavering. However, the last third was disturbed by an audible ?crack? as the wrapper split (I?ve tried to take a picture) and ruined what otherwise was an almost perfect construction score. The ash, on the plus side was solid and faultless. No relights, no corrections required.
Flavour: The pre-light aroma was a delight with floral scents of scarified grass and hay and leather at the foot. The Siglo V start was earthy, sweet salad peppers followed shortly after and blending with a light citric tang. Immediately I catagorised the Siggy V as Medium/Medium. The flavors I thought were exceptionally crisp and finely tuned and even with the earthy base very refreshing. A the third entered it?s close the citric taste shifted to earthy lemon sorbet, which sounds odd but was in fact absolutely amazing. The second third began with the addition of some sweet nuttier tastes like pekan or macadamia. Further in and the flavours blend became progressively earthier and fuller yet still holding in sweetness and freshness. The smoke which was silk smooth and creamy from start to finish carried a distinct leathery, peppered aroma that not experienced in any other cigar. The last third was characterised by several changes, firstly the addition for a delicious light saltiness into the base, which as it receded somehow caused the vegetal tastes to become very beanlike. The earth tastes also became stronger and richer until eventually becoming luxuriously leathery and punctuated by the occasional hint of dark chocolate. And that until the end is how it remained. A truely magnificent smoke!
Overall: Languid, sophisticated, decadent the Siglo V is simply one very impressive and delicious tasteing cigar. It?s the first one I?ve ever had, and from reading other reviews I had expected something far deeper and more spicy, so rightly or wrongly it didn?t run true to that expectation. The Siglo V is also a bit of a hitter, I didn?t notice it initially, but the final third certainly made up for the other two thirds in nicotine strength.
Marks. I?m giving the Siglo V a deserved 7.5. I might have done better but for the wrapper split, and like a boxer who?s shorts fall down in the final round, it just couldn?t be allowed to win. The Partagas 898 still heads the group.
Next up. Vegas Robaina Classicos (Dark horse).
Size: 170 x 43 ? Dalias
Smoke time: 1hour 47mins
Box date: Unknown
I can?t for the life of me remember where or how I got this cigar, (may have been from Puff Scotty) but I?ve had it in my humi for around a year, so I?m guessing it?s at least two years old.
Appearance: Stately. The Siglo V had an oily, lightly green tinged sheened, tan wrapper with some smooth veins and wrinkles, and a wrap that was almost invisible. A wrapper shade was a little strange in that it doesn?t quite match in with others in the Siglo line which are slightly more ochre. Standard band ?D? 2003 to current.
Construction: The cigar felt well packed and consistent from head to foot and the triple cap was nicely rounded and well applied. On cutting, the cold draw was slightly resistive and I was getting a woody, slightly salty taste from the wrapper. The smoking draw was nigh on perfect and the burn unwavering. However, the last third was disturbed by an audible ?crack? as the wrapper split (I?ve tried to take a picture) and ruined what otherwise was an almost perfect construction score. The ash, on the plus side was solid and faultless. No relights, no corrections required.
Flavour: The pre-light aroma was a delight with floral scents of scarified grass and hay and leather at the foot. The Siglo V start was earthy, sweet salad peppers followed shortly after and blending with a light citric tang. Immediately I catagorised the Siggy V as Medium/Medium. The flavors I thought were exceptionally crisp and finely tuned and even with the earthy base very refreshing. A the third entered it?s close the citric taste shifted to earthy lemon sorbet, which sounds odd but was in fact absolutely amazing. The second third began with the addition of some sweet nuttier tastes like pekan or macadamia. Further in and the flavours blend became progressively earthier and fuller yet still holding in sweetness and freshness. The smoke which was silk smooth and creamy from start to finish carried a distinct leathery, peppered aroma that not experienced in any other cigar. The last third was characterised by several changes, firstly the addition for a delicious light saltiness into the base, which as it receded somehow caused the vegetal tastes to become very beanlike. The earth tastes also became stronger and richer until eventually becoming luxuriously leathery and punctuated by the occasional hint of dark chocolate. And that until the end is how it remained. A truely magnificent smoke!
Overall: Languid, sophisticated, decadent the Siglo V is simply one very impressive and delicious tasteing cigar. It?s the first one I?ve ever had, and from reading other reviews I had expected something far deeper and more spicy, so rightly or wrongly it didn?t run true to that expectation. The Siglo V is also a bit of a hitter, I didn?t notice it initially, but the final third certainly made up for the other two thirds in nicotine strength.
Marks. I?m giving the Siglo V a deserved 7.5. I might have done better but for the wrapper split, and like a boxer who?s shorts fall down in the final round, it just couldn?t be allowed to win. The Partagas 898 still heads the group.
Next up. Vegas Robaina Classicos (Dark horse).
I haven't tried a Siglo V but they're on my ever-expanding list after reading your review.
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