Petit Corona, 4" x 38 ring gauge / approx. $4
There are days when you would like to start off with a smooth, creamy cigar, but just don't have time to spend and hour or more nursing a full-size cigar. You may have a job to get to or a yard to mow or church starting in less than an hour. Whatever the case, it looks like Oliva Cigars was thinking of you and has a great solution: the Connecticut Reserve Petite Corona...or as I like to think of it...the Half Lancero! This little gem has a beautifully smooth, light colored wrapper that exudes an aroma of hay with a touch of honey. The foot has a nice earthy note to it. The cold draw had a grassy, classic mild Connecticut flavor.
Once lit the Petit Corona had a little more bite than you typically expect from a milder cigar...it started off fairly earthy and with a bit of black pepper heat. The flavor quickly resolved into a creamy coffee on the palate with some grassiness on the retrohale. My normal black coffee was a perfect accompaniment to the cigar, enhancing the earthier flavors.
The Oliva Connecticut is one of my favorite milder smokes any day of the week, but this size is just perfect for those occasions when you just do not have much time. It ends Jo being almost a perfect 35 to 40 minute smoke, without any real chance that body or nicotine strength will leave you woozy by the end of it. Just possibly the perfect summer cigar, too, for when the day is too hot to want to stay outside very long. Thank you to Allan from Oliva who gifted me a couple of these before they hit my local shop.
There are days when you would like to start off with a smooth, creamy cigar, but just don't have time to spend and hour or more nursing a full-size cigar. You may have a job to get to or a yard to mow or church starting in less than an hour. Whatever the case, it looks like Oliva Cigars was thinking of you and has a great solution: the Connecticut Reserve Petite Corona...or as I like to think of it...the Half Lancero! This little gem has a beautifully smooth, light colored wrapper that exudes an aroma of hay with a touch of honey. The foot has a nice earthy note to it. The cold draw had a grassy, classic mild Connecticut flavor.
Once lit the Petit Corona had a little more bite than you typically expect from a milder cigar...it started off fairly earthy and with a bit of black pepper heat. The flavor quickly resolved into a creamy coffee on the palate with some grassiness on the retrohale. My normal black coffee was a perfect accompaniment to the cigar, enhancing the earthier flavors.
The Oliva Connecticut is one of my favorite milder smokes any day of the week, but this size is just perfect for those occasions when you just do not have much time. It ends Jo being almost a perfect 35 to 40 minute smoke, without any real chance that body or nicotine strength will leave you woozy by the end of it. Just possibly the perfect summer cigar, too, for when the day is too hot to want to stay outside very long. Thank you to Allan from Oliva who gifted me a couple of these before they hit my local shop.
It's great to see them come out with this size. It would also make for a nice quick outdoor winter smoke.
ReplyDeleteAlways trying new quick smokes, good price too. Thanks for the review
ReplyDeletejjo, the only thing that would hold this back from being a good winter smoke, in my opinion, is the Connecticut wrapper, which is generally thin and fragile, and does not hold up well to the cold, dry conditions I have experienced here in the mid-South. This type of wrapper always seems to start cracking and popping on me within 10 or 15 minutes of lightup during winter.
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