Partagas serie D no.4
Today I smoked a Partagas serie D no.4, a robusto, ring 50 and 124 mm long (or short, depends on your point of view). A wrapper covered with lot of veins which gives the cigar a rough and tough feel & look, a cigar for real men who aren’t afraid.
The cigar has the nice smell of hay. Cutting the cigar was easy, just as lighting it. I needed just one cigarmatch to light it. The predraw was smooth, easy and promising. When I lit the cigar I tasted leather, smooth but growing is strength rapidly. After about a third I taste a pretty strong cacao taste and later on some wood. At about 2/3rd there is a fresh mint flavor which is being followed by toast.
Unfortunately the burn is crooked as hell. It started at a third of the cigar and between that point and the end of the cigar I had to correct several times. All the corrections decreased the smoking time to approximately 60 minutes, which could have been more with a perfect draw. The smoke was good, nice full smooth and white, with a frayed but firm light grey ash.
Would I buy this cigar again? Maybe.
Construction: 14 / 20
Draw: 17 / 20
Appearance: 14 / 20
Smoke && ash: 7 / 10
Burn: 11 / 20
Aroma (head) 7 / 10
Aroma (body) 7 / 10
Aroma (foot) 7 / 10
