This is my first review on the site, sorry for the lack of pictures, it was dark and I was burning trash (a luxurious occasion for a fine cigar), after I got the fire down and it was time to relax with a friend, I picked a My Father from the humidor that I've had settling for about a year. This was the first time I've had the corona gorda with the cedar sleeve, the rest of the sizes I've had have been good, but not great. I unwrapped the sleeve, removed the bands, clipped the tip...the wrapper had a slight split an inch from the cap when I got it from the humidor, but it did not affect the cigar.
Prelight: rosada wrapper smelled great, like baked bread and cedar (duh). Cold draw was cedarish and sweet. Toasted the foot and got it lit...
1st third: I was amazed at the first puff. I was hit by a very smooth, sweet taste like cane sugar. It was so sweet I had to make sure I was tasting it right, because the #1, and #3 did not have that flavor. The first five or six puffs had a lot of spice, but then it died down and did not return for a while.
2nd third: It stayed very sweet, the finish from the thin smoke was very sweet also. It was still smooth, I started getting some Nicaraguan 'salty' flavors, but still couched in a sweetness. The burn needed a few touch ups, but nothing major. The draw was not loose, but not tight.
Final third: The strength picked up a bit, the salt a bit, brown sugar, but the sweet receded as it went down. The nicotine started to get noticed, but it was not bad. I took it down to a 'worthy' nub, and enjoyed it until I surrendered its remains to the bonfire.
I have waited a year on this one, because My Father always seemed a bit too mild for my pallet. This one was a cut above the rest. I still have a Cervantes cedar-wrapped lonsdale sized My Father, and I will be having it soon. The sugar did it for me. Well done Pepin Jr.
Prelight: rosada wrapper smelled great, like baked bread and cedar (duh). Cold draw was cedarish and sweet. Toasted the foot and got it lit...
1st third: I was amazed at the first puff. I was hit by a very smooth, sweet taste like cane sugar. It was so sweet I had to make sure I was tasting it right, because the #1, and #3 did not have that flavor. The first five or six puffs had a lot of spice, but then it died down and did not return for a while.
2nd third: It stayed very sweet, the finish from the thin smoke was very sweet also. It was still smooth, I started getting some Nicaraguan 'salty' flavors, but still couched in a sweetness. The burn needed a few touch ups, but nothing major. The draw was not loose, but not tight.
Final third: The strength picked up a bit, the salt a bit, brown sugar, but the sweet receded as it went down. The nicotine started to get noticed, but it was not bad. I took it down to a 'worthy' nub, and enjoyed it until I surrendered its remains to the bonfire.
I have waited a year on this one, because My Father always seemed a bit too mild for my pallet. This one was a cut above the rest. I still have a Cervantes cedar-wrapped lonsdale sized My Father, and I will be having it soon. The sugar did it for me. Well done Pepin Jr.
