Two Maduros

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I recently got to smoke two maduros at the same time and this was my experience with the La Traviata Maduro and Perdomo Patarich Maduro:

After purchasing the La Traviata, I took a seat and started smoking. I found myself in a engaging and humorous conversation with some fellow BOTL’s until I noticed that this cigar was not particularly good. Upon lighting the cigar, there was the typical harshness in taste. As I continued to smoke, that harshness did not fade away into something better. Instead, all I tasted was tobacco and bitterness. This tasted like a very young cigar.

I traded the cigar off to a different hand when I noticed that my fingers were brown. Brown! I was disgusted by this. Not because it affects the taste, but rather it seems dishonest to dye a wrapper to give it the appearance of something of higher quality. A gentleman told me that dark espresso and glycerin is used to give these cigars the appearance of being dark and oily with a deep coffee smell. After feeling the wrapper upon his request, I found it to be slightly rough and nothing like it’s oily appearance.

This gentleman then asked me if I had ever smoked two cigars at once, to which I replied that I hadn’t. He then treated me to a Perdomo Patriarch Maduro. The wrapper on this cigar was dark, almost black, and very smooth, almost flawless.

The cigar had been lit and the first few puffs were a far cry from the La Traviata. Even though it still had that initial harshness, it was noticable smoother than the La Traviata. The smoke was abundant and creamy and the construction of the cigar looked and felt excellent.

The La Traviata remained the same in taste and after a certain point became a chore to smoke, so I retired it to the ashtray. I continued on smoking the Perdomo and was very pleased with how things were going with this cigar. I thought that the flavor profile was more or less one dimensional but it wasn’t a problem since it tasted good! Unfortunately in the last third of this cigar, the good taste had faded and the smoke was becoming hot. I had my fill of the cigar and I put in down in the ashtray.

In conclusion, I will buy the Perdomo again but I doubt I will try the La Traviata again. There are just too many good cigars out there to try and why bother with something that isn’t likely to improve, even with age.

La Traviata Maduro: 2 out of 5 – Poor

Perdomo Patriarch Maduro: 4 out of 5 – Excellent

My full review is here.