The harsh weather abated a bit and I managed to smoke a cigar over the weekend. I wanted to smoke three or four, but I got myself into a big project that took the entire weekend, 48 hours worth of eye-straining work. So to make a part of it easier, I took out the two cigars I wanted to smoke over the weekend, without a doubt, and it was to re-smoke a few great cigars, namely the 05 Montecristo No. 5 and the 09 Romeo y Julieta Duke EL. More on that one later.
The Monte 5 was stunning, dark and beautiful. The wrapper was dry and rough and uniform in a WILD-looking dark wrapper as dark as coffee and smelled as fragrant. I pinched a nib out of the cap and lit it up inside. I had a few windows open and some fans working so I thought it was worth a shot. I also couldn't give up the hour to loaf around and smoke. I was working on a difficult project that took an entire weekend. As a result I smoked it up rather quickly, but this was a MOST elegant and well-behaved smoke. The flavor was tangy and rich and dark and strong. It burned ridiculously straight with a translucent dark gray ash. It never gave a single moment of trouble and the flavor was so rewarding. I stopped editing my little book many times to gaze at the smoke in wonder at why I don't have a truckload of these. A fantastic smoke to begin fall with. (90 points) 2007 Montecristo No.5 .
Well after putting all of you through a hot summer of very few cigar reviews, I can only apologize, knowing that most of you finally understand what it is to be truly HOT. Most people understand that they are going to have to take 2 weeks of intolerable weather no matter where they live. It's always been that way. Its why my friends in Michigan have window air units on standby in the basement. But NOW most people across the US know what HOT really is. Al Gore told you but YOU wouldn't listen, no....
And by inference, now you also know why my blog gets really slow in the summer. There is no joy to be found in smoking a cigar in the dreadful summer heat. And I am not even in New Orleans anymore, I am halfway up the country these days and it was still one of the two worst summers of the past ten years. "THEY" say it was the worst on record. Coupled with a drought, I'd have to agree.
But even with all the abuse I took, I still managed to smoke more cigars than I felt like smoking. So in a way, I did the very best I could. But now the SEC football season is cranking up and MAYBE the weather will moderate a bit by Christmas and I will likely be able to smoke some great cigars.So if you can hang tight just a bit longer, I am going to pull out some of the big guns and hit you with my best shot......COME on, hit you with my best sho-hot.
Fire away.
Guitar solo.
And just to make sure you KNOW I am here to entertain you and not waste your time.....
