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Excellent review, I’m not sure I’ve seen two cigars smoked at the same time before, and tasty sticks by the sound of it.Originally Posted by thedame007
Well given the unique set up for this COTM I decided to turn these beauties to ash side by side!
Cold Draw
Connecticut (C) - beautiful construction, just the right amount of resistance. This gave off a barnyard note, but weirdly also reminded me of Horlicks; all milky oatmeal.
Manduro (M) - again, construction is faultless, and also had the barnyard notes but also a sweet leatheriness to it.
1st third
C - A honey sweetness gets the party started, with a cinnamon spice, all followed by a buttery mouthfeel and milky notes.
M - Rich chocolate and coffee is the kicker here, but also the cinnamon notes as with the sister stick. By the latter puffs a treacle sweetness started to emerge.
2nd third
C - Cinnamon spice continues, but it starts to become quite floral with a vanilla creaminess to it. However, by the end of this third white pepper shows his face, gatecrashes the party.
M - Treacle comes into its own, followed by the sweet spices. Reminds me of rum, with its sticky, dried fruitiness. Delicious!
Final third -
C - White pepper is in control of the music, and it’s a spicy affair! Wood starts to come through in the final inch, or I guess someone left their toast too long under the grill.
M - It’s a piss up! Like a rum soaked fruitcake that has Aunty Doris telling the family about the time she gave the vicar a happy ending. Like the vicar, I was gleefully pulled along for the ride, and sad when then car pulled up to its final destination!
I really enjoyed these smokes! Both were tasty in their own right, and for all flavour notes were shared (I’m looking at you vanilla and cinnamon), the wrappers really did change their overall nature. Like twin sisters separated at birth, and raised by two very different families!
Great way to see how the wrappers invoke their mark upon the cigar as a whole, and a brilliant COTM experiment! Thank you, sir for the pleasure!
For what it’s worth, I’ll be getting a box of the manduros (hold on Doris, there’s juice left in the vicar), but I will also grab a fistful of the Connecticut’s too.
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