Hello all,
I posted this in another forum, but figure it could be fun to read your responses as well.
I finally got around reading the Winter issue of Cigar Magazine. In it, there was a fascinating artile about master blenders, those individuals that create the masterpieces we enjoy so much. They interviewed many of the heavy weights and they discussed the great process that goes into creating a premium hand made cigar.
The article got me thinking: if I had the experience, expertise, and knowlegde to create a blend, what would that blend be? I am sure that all of us have dreamt about coming up with our own cigar. So after thinking about it all night long and this morning, here's the blend I came up with:
I love corojo and ligero tobaccos. So I would use a corojo wrapper grown in the dominican republic, similar to that used on the La Aurora Preferidos Corojo. For binder, I would use ligero from nicaragua. For filler, I would use ligero from nicaragua and dominican republic. I want the cigar to have a lot of flavor but not be overpowering: so I am hoping that the full flavor of the nicaraguan ligero will be tempered a bit by the sweet and mellow flavors of the dominican tobacco, and complement each other nicely.
So the recap, my cigar would sport:
Binder: Ligero from Nicaragua
Filler: Ligero from Dominican Republic and Nicaragua
Wrapper: Corojo from Dominican Republic
What do you guys think? How about your own blend? what would it be? I know we have a bunch of imaginative smokers here, so cant wait to read what others would come up with. Thanks.
I posted this in another forum, but figure it could be fun to read your responses as well.
I finally got around reading the Winter issue of Cigar Magazine. In it, there was a fascinating artile about master blenders, those individuals that create the masterpieces we enjoy so much. They interviewed many of the heavy weights and they discussed the great process that goes into creating a premium hand made cigar.
The article got me thinking: if I had the experience, expertise, and knowlegde to create a blend, what would that blend be? I am sure that all of us have dreamt about coming up with our own cigar. So after thinking about it all night long and this morning, here's the blend I came up with:
I love corojo and ligero tobaccos. So I would use a corojo wrapper grown in the dominican republic, similar to that used on the La Aurora Preferidos Corojo. For binder, I would use ligero from nicaragua. For filler, I would use ligero from nicaragua and dominican republic. I want the cigar to have a lot of flavor but not be overpowering: so I am hoping that the full flavor of the nicaraguan ligero will be tempered a bit by the sweet and mellow flavors of the dominican tobacco, and complement each other nicely.
So the recap, my cigar would sport:
Binder: Ligero from Nicaragua
Filler: Ligero from Dominican Republic and Nicaragua
Wrapper: Corojo from Dominican Republic
What do you guys think? How about your own blend? what would it be? I know we have a bunch of imaginative smokers here, so cant wait to read what others would come up with. Thanks.
