The cigar is not your old mans Partagas; not that the old mans cigar wasn t good but this is different in a great way. Im not usually a ful flavored cigar smoker but this one is easy for me to enjoy. There isno hint of a bite whatsoever even to the nub. As the cigar burnsdown past the first third, I noticed a slight taste of Cognac/Rum ; a slight taste not enough to call it a flavor. I enjoyed this cigar to the nub, di not have to relight it and the burn was excellent and consistant.
This is my 1st Partagas of any type. I bought the coaster tin variety job several months ago and finally got around to lighting this 1845 up. The appearance is rough. Thick veins beneath a chocolate brown, rustic looking wrapper and I don t mind that as long as the stick burns right. It does at 1st, but then it turns into a chore less than 1/3 in. Draw becomes almost a plug for a while. Flavor is almost sweet and surprisingly mild bodied. Sweetness fades around midway point as the body suddenly creeps up. That or I m light headed from the tough draw. I squeezed and rolled it around to loosen the draw and that seemed to work for me. Smoke increases afterward. I stopped at the band. In spite of the draw issues, I d be willing to try this in a different vitola. Flavor was good to very good and ash was pretty good. Odd how that works. Oddly, it never need a relight. If these were better built, they d be a top tier cigar.
