| ring: | 44 (medium) |
| length: | 132mm |
| beginners: | good - mild and sweet |
| price: | $18.00 (AUD) |
| summary: | Unique, sweet, mild, suffered from a restricted draw |
This is the first cigar I’ve tried from the Partagas brand and I was immediately struck by it’s unique, flavourful characteristics. Unfortunately an overly-tight draw marred the experience, but I was certainly struck by its curious taste. Smooth and mild, this Partagas is a great cigar for beginners, but it is also provides an interesting smoke for more experienced cigar enthusiasts.
The Coronas Senior comes in a silver, red and brass coloured tubos. It has a pleasant, aromatic scent and a smooth, straight mid-brown coloured wrapper.
I was immediately impressed by the distinct, mild flavours offered by this smoke. It’s also a difficult taste to put into words: a sweet and pleasant musty, woody, leather-type flavour. It’s a nostalgic taste … maybe the best way to describe it is “old” or “antique”. A more experienced aficionado could probably describe it much more accurately, using half the words, but that’s the best I can do. Whatever the case, it’s a very nice, unique and notably sweet flavour.
I also detected a good deal of nuttiness through the first half and some nice toffee notes in the second half.
Unfortunately, an overly tight draw restricts the score I can give on this one significantly; at times I was turning my cheeks inside-out just trying to get a decent puff out of the cigar. Perhaps surprisingly considering the tight draw, the burn was quite good. It didn’t go out at all, despite some significant breaks between draws, and it burnt straight and evenly from start to finish.
I’m curious to know if the draw problems are common with these smokes, because if it wasn’t for that, this distinctive stogie would have been much more impressive.
The slightly unusual flavour is probably not for everyone, but for some people it’s going to be exactly what they’re looking for. If you’re unfamiliar with the Partagas brand, I would highly recommend you give this cigar a try. Personally I am looking forwards to the opportunity to sample and compare another.