What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2024
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Yeah yeah, that’s a good one, blame it on Wasabi! LOL
He ran to the door and waited by it. I guess he was tired of being cooped up. He was hopping around and spinning, all excited.
This is him now, though:
'13 Por Larrañaga Monte Carlo. That was a special year for tobacco with the short-lived Corojo12 hybrid. These things have legs to age for another decade or 3, and the depth to flavor appears to be bottomless. Sorry no pic - I'll do better next time.
Having a Rocky Patel The Edge Robusto Maduro 5.5" x 50 on the porch. It’s 82⁰ out today and pretty windy.
La Palina Red Label. Last one I’ve got, pretty good smoke. Shared it with a couple kids. Just “kidding” 
Having an Oliva G Toro, 6.0" x 50 on the porch. It’s 77⁰ now, but very breezy, so it feels a little chilly. Wasabi is very happy that Mama has come back home after being gone eight days.
Figured I'd back up the source for my earlier Corojo 12 claim. My mobile browser translates the page just fine, but your mileage mileage may vary.
What is interesting is they only apparently grew the crop for a few years in Cuba, for some reason deemed it unsuccessful, and then abandoned it. The leaf made exemplary cigars, but they went back to Criollo 98, Habano, and the other more tried and true varieties developed during the early to mid '00s. C12 seeds have made it out to Nicaragua and Honduras and are finding their way into non-Cuban cigars.
With so many cigar industry people having left Cuba in the last 5 years, there is no telling the current state of the growers, processors, and breeders, unless you visit there. I have heard wild stories about nearly-empty rolling galleries, and Habanos SA is cutting their export to quite a few markets by 50% for this next year.
What is interesting is they only apparently grew the crop for a few years in Cuba, for some reason deemed it unsuccessful, and then abandoned it. The leaf made exemplary cigars, but they went back to Criollo 98, Habano, and the other more tried and true varieties developed during the early to mid '00s. C12 seeds have made it out to Nicaragua and Honduras and are finding their way into non-Cuban cigars.
With so many cigar industry people having left Cuba in the last 5 years, there is no telling the current state of the growers, processors, and breeders, unless you visit there. I have heard wild stories about nearly-empty rolling galleries, and Habanos SA is cutting their export to quite a few markets by 50% for this next year.
‘COROJO 2012’: nueva variedad de tabaco negro (Nicotiana tabacum L.)
En la Estación Experimental del Tabaco de San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río durante la campaña tabacalera 2001-2002, se realizó el cruzamiento ‘Criollo 98’/...
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Black Label "NBK" Corona Larga
My picture got all messed up when I rotated it. I'm posting it anyway
6 X 46, Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro over Nic. I like this one quite a bit
My picture got all messed up when I rotated it. I'm posting it anyway
6 X 46, Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro over Nic. I like this one quite a bit
Black Crown Menace Robusto to start the day. 
Reminds me of the beaded entries of the late ’60s or early ’70s. Groovy.
Having a box pressed Rocky Patel Decade 10th Anniversary Robusto, 5.0" x 50 on the porch. It’s 64⁰ and sunny. A little breezy, but not to the point of getting too chilly. It’s pleasant out and the chimney swifts are chittering away above our heads, and a mourning dove is making its plaintive “hooing” call. Wasabi is happy to be outside. He initially ran to the door, but waited for Mama patiently before going outside.
Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding and its variants are faves of mine. I was very curious about checking out the cigar iteration since its announcement, but your insightful review gives me pause. I will probably pick up one or two at a brick and mortar in the near future to check out firsthand (I lean towards buying boxes generally speaking).
Caldwell Blind Man’s Bluff for the ride home. 