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A 2001 stick which I was eager to try as I love the partagas flavour. Stick was in great shape, a mellow partagas aroma and lit easily with a perfect draw. The first third was exceptional - a really smooth but strong partagas flavour, no harshness or roughness - very creamy. I sat there thinking wow, going to have to get more of these. Even burn, no draw issues.
However, I got to the half way point and the flavours died off very quickly - not an unpleasant change but it became a very muted taste and aroma with none of the partagas tones to it. Bland is probably too strong a word - it just became a very mild smoke with little flavour. Unfortunately, it didn't recover and I finished it mid wY through the final third.
Given how good the first half was I'd take a punt on another at some point - not sure if this is a characteristic of aged sticks?
A 2001 stick which I was eager to try as I love the partagas flavour. Stick was in great shape, a mellow partagas aroma and lit easily with a perfect draw. The first third was exceptional - a really smooth but strong partagas flavour, no harshness or roughness - very creamy. I sat there thinking wow, going to have to get more of these. Even burn, no draw issues.
However, I got to the half way point and the flavours died off very quickly - not an unpleasant change but it became a very muted taste and aroma with none of the partagas tones to it. Bland is probably too strong a word - it just became a very mild smoke with little flavour. Unfortunately, it didn't recover and I finished it mid wY through the final third.
Given how good the first half was I'd take a punt on another at some point - not sure if this is a characteristic of aged sticks?
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