Warped cigars la Colmena Amado No 44

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Or, "Hell Hath Frozen Over Big Time"

I don't do a lot of NCs and rarely buy more than a stick or two, but ...

I am on Maui and happened to get together with some people for a herf. One person, Marvin, was over from Oahu. I believe that he runs the part of R.Fields that handles wines and cigars.

Marvin brought over a box of these cigars and passed them out. The wrapper is beautiful, the aroma pre-light is fantastic and the draw is perfect once you realize that it is closed-foot (Doh!).

For the type of cigar that I like to smoke, this is by far the best NC that I've had in the last 10+ years. Has some good complexity, clean burn, big smoke volume and just plain great taste. I had a Monsdale right after and there wasn't a huge difference in quality of the smoke - how's that for being Cuban-esque. I smoked a second one the next night at another herf.

I plan to buy a box and share them with friends who normally don't smoke NCs. I think that they may start buying these.

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