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Cuba's Stars
The island's oldest and most venerable smokes have been superseded by the new kids on the block
James Suckling
From the Print Edition:
Cuba, May/June 2007
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Cohiba Esplendido -- 98
The Cohiba Esplendido is perfectly named. This is truly a splendid cigar
to smoke. It has great
richness and full tobacco flavors yet it retains great class and finesse
on the palate. A
Churchill-sized cigar measuring 7 inches long by 47 ring gauge thick, it
is called a Julieta in
factories by the workers and remains one of the favorite smokes of the
rollers.
Cohiba Robusto -- 96
What more can we say about the cigar that put this size on the map? The
Cohiba Robusto is
mouth-filling with rich, coffee and spicy flavors and a impressively
long finish. No other cigar
offers such a burst of flavor in such a relatively small size. The
Cohiba Robusto is one of the
hottest-selling Cuban cigars.
Montecristo No. 2 -- 94
There is nothing quite like it. The Montecristo No. 2, sometimes called a
torpedo or a piramide,
represents the best in Cuban craftsmanship. It takes years to master
producing this tapered cigar,
called a piramide by the rollers themselves. Whatever you call it, it is
a bombshell of a smoke,
packed with spicy rich flavors that go on and on with each puff.
Punch Punch -- 94
Punch Punch is Cuba's cigar for the connoisseur. It offers plenty of
captivating, creamy, coffee
character yet maintains a harmony in aroma and flavor that leaves you
spellbound. The thick format
gives the cigar richness, but the length makes it easy to enjoy in less
time than a full-fledged
Churchill.
Photo by John Curry
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