Robusto Grande, 5.5" x 54 ring gauge, ~$7 The Nestor Miranda Special Selection was introduced earlier this year. It was blended by Don Pepin Garcia for Nestor Miranda, the maker of Don Lino cigars, and is available in corojo and oscuro wrappers. I smoked the oscuro several times earlier this year and enjoyed it; this time around I am looking at the corojo. The appearance is a little rough and rustic. The light-to-medium brown wrapper does nothing to hide the prominent medium and large-sized veins. The lack of a cello wrapper combined with about 3 months in my humidor has resulted in a couple dings and the loss of much of the aroma. The wrapper just has a faint sweet hay aroma; the foot has a little stronger chocolate smell, but it is still faint. Prelight draw was easy and had flavors of mild chocolate and pepper spice. Initial light produced huge clouds of smoke which immediately had some nice spice along with some hay and honey. After finishing the first third, I found myself wondering if the wrapper was the only difference between the corojo and the oscuro. This is a fantastically flavored mild-to-medium cigar. It has all of what you'd expect in a premium mild stick-hay, honey, creamy coffee, ultra-smooth smoke-but with a little more body and hints of black pepper every so often. I believe this is a Nicaraguan puro and smoking it blind, there is no way I would guess it to be either Nicaraguan or a Pepin Garcia creation. It was very good, just completely unexpected. The spice built a bit in the second third and the coffee component became stronger. The construction overall was excellent with a very easy draw and straight burn line, but I kept getting flakes of tobacco coming out of the clipped head as if this was a mixed-filler cigar. The Nestor Miranda Corojo was pleasant and flavorful all the way down to the nub. The flavors of coffee and spice continued to build in the final third, as did the body, putting it squarely into the medium-range by the end. What we've got here is a really splendid morning or mid-day smoke that delivers on flavor even better than the oscuro version does in its category, in my opinion (not to say the oscuro is bad, just not as strong a contender for its competition). A very fine smoke that ranks very high in my list of top medium-body sticks. Body: 4/10 Strength: 4/10 Complexity: 8/10 AFP Scale: Prelight 1.5/2 Construction: 1.5/2 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 1/1 Total: 9/10
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Cigar Review: Nestor Miranda Special Selection, Corojo
Robusto Grande, 5.5" x 54 ring gauge, ~$7 The Nestor Miranda Special Selection was introduced earlier this year. It was blended by Don Pepin Garcia for Nestor Miranda, the maker of Don Lino cigars, and is available in corojo and oscuro wrappers. I smoked the oscuro several times earlier this year and enjoyed it; this time around I am looking at the corojo. The appearance is a little rough and rustic. The light-to-medium brown wrapper does nothing to hide the prominent medium and large-sized veins. The lack of a cello wrapper combined with about 3 months in my humidor has resulted in a couple dings and the loss of much of the aroma. The wrapper just has a faint sweet hay aroma; the foot has a little stronger chocolate smell, but it is still faint. Prelight draw was easy and had flavors of mild chocolate and pepper spice. Initial light produced huge clouds of smoke which immediately had some nice spice along with some hay and honey. After finishing the first third, I found myself wondering if the wrapper was the only difference between the corojo and the oscuro. This is a fantastically flavored mild-to-medium cigar. It has all of what you'd expect in a premium mild stick-hay, honey, creamy coffee, ultra-smooth smoke-but with a little more body and hints of black pepper every so often. I believe this is a Nicaraguan puro and smoking it blind, there is no way I would guess it to be either Nicaraguan or a Pepin Garcia creation. It was very good, just completely unexpected. The spice built a bit in the second third and the coffee component became stronger. The construction overall was excellent with a very easy draw and straight burn line, but I kept getting flakes of tobacco coming out of the clipped head as if this was a mixed-filler cigar. The Nestor Miranda Corojo was pleasant and flavorful all the way down to the nub. The flavors of coffee and spice continued to build in the final third, as did the body, putting it squarely into the medium-range by the end. What we've got here is a really splendid morning or mid-day smoke that delivers on flavor even better than the oscuro version does in its category, in my opinion (not to say the oscuro is bad, just not as strong a contender for its competition). A very fine smoke that ranks very high in my list of top medium-body sticks. Body: 4/10 Strength: 4/10 Complexity: 8/10 AFP Scale: Prelight 1.5/2 Construction: 1.5/2 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 1/1 Total: 9/10
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