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Trinidad Coloniales [2008]
My camera is currently broken, so I have included these from google, as they are very similiar to my experience.
Extremely well rolled.
The Wrapper is very light brown, almost sandy with a light sheen.
It lit well, but early on had a slighlty uneven burn, which im putting down to it being slightly windy at the moment. It soon became a faultless burn.
The draw was quite tight with a medium amount of smoke, that then loosens off as time passes, giving in turn, more thicker whiter smoke.
It is a very light smoke, I have seen it classed as light to medium, I would definatley say its closer to light.
The ash is dense and crisp.
The flavours are very suprising, extremely complex, all very subtle but there are a multitude. It is very floral and quite sweet. With undertones of almost artificial tastes [but in a good way]. There are so many flavours its hard to pick individual examples out, but I would say there was a definate alcholic taste, like vodka, very clean and tasty.
Towards the end, they become more clear and also are accompanied buy a taste of nuts, most like almonds.
It may sound strange but if I had to say if it had a gender, I would without a doubt say it was female, I say this because, I often think some of the stronger cigars like bolivars etc, seem very masculine.
I always have a drink to accompany my cigars, but I hadn't decided what I would have, so I thought I would let it choose for me, and in the end I paired it with a cup of Roiboos tea [i think most of you wont of heard of this, as I hadnt before I started to drink, so to catergorise it, its quite sweet and light, much like its cigar counterpart.]
It seems like a perfect summer smoke, as its light and delicate. Its not the type of smoke to have after a heavy meal for a big hit of flavour, as I think it would easily be over powered. It really is very subtle, but not at all simple.
Overall, it was a very suprising smoke, as said previously, very complex. I had heard that it was a 'Great smoke with subtleness and complexity for real connoseurs' and this sums it up perfectly.
Finally, I would like to thank fellow cigar lover 'Zigatoh' [Martin] for this rather immpressive stick, as it enter my possention through the 'stick in a stick' cigar pass.
Appearance (out of 15): 15
Smoking characteristics (out of 25): 24
Flavour (out of 25): 24
Overall(out of 35): 33
Total (out of 100): 96
| Origin: | Cuba | Manufactured: Hand Made | ||
| Gauge: | Medium | Length: | 130 | |
| Format: | Colonial | Ring: | 44 | |
My camera is currently broken, so I have included these from google, as they are very similiar to my experience.
Extremely well rolled.
The Wrapper is very light brown, almost sandy with a light sheen.
It lit well, but early on had a slighlty uneven burn, which im putting down to it being slightly windy at the moment. It soon became a faultless burn.
The draw was quite tight with a medium amount of smoke, that then loosens off as time passes, giving in turn, more thicker whiter smoke.
It is a very light smoke, I have seen it classed as light to medium, I would definatley say its closer to light.
The ash is dense and crisp.
The flavours are very suprising, extremely complex, all very subtle but there are a multitude. It is very floral and quite sweet. With undertones of almost artificial tastes [but in a good way]. There are so many flavours its hard to pick individual examples out, but I would say there was a definate alcholic taste, like vodka, very clean and tasty.
Towards the end, they become more clear and also are accompanied buy a taste of nuts, most like almonds.
It may sound strange but if I had to say if it had a gender, I would without a doubt say it was female, I say this because, I often think some of the stronger cigars like bolivars etc, seem very masculine.
I always have a drink to accompany my cigars, but I hadn't decided what I would have, so I thought I would let it choose for me, and in the end I paired it with a cup of Roiboos tea [i think most of you wont of heard of this, as I hadnt before I started to drink, so to catergorise it, its quite sweet and light, much like its cigar counterpart.]
It seems like a perfect summer smoke, as its light and delicate. Its not the type of smoke to have after a heavy meal for a big hit of flavour, as I think it would easily be over powered. It really is very subtle, but not at all simple.
Overall, it was a very suprising smoke, as said previously, very complex. I had heard that it was a 'Great smoke with subtleness and complexity for real connoseurs' and this sums it up perfectly.
Finally, I would like to thank fellow cigar lover 'Zigatoh' [Martin] for this rather immpressive stick, as it enter my possention through the 'stick in a stick' cigar pass.
Appearance (out of 15): 15
Smoking characteristics (out of 25): 24
Flavour (out of 25): 24
Overall(out of 35): 33
Total (out of 100): 96
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