The Velvet Cigar

Posted By ironmeden on December 2, 2007

Winter storm warning!

We survived our first winter storm here in Minnesota. I live about 15 minutes north of Minneapolis and we received about 6 inches of snow. I think i’m the only resident in the state who doesn’t get irritated by winter or snow fall. I’ve lived here all my life and expect the season to always be cold.

What does this mean for the cigar smoker in the state? With the smoking ban in place, there are only a few places we can smoke cigars. The ban permits smoking in cigar lounges and your garage. We as cigar smokers are delegated to a second class citizen. The government boogie man has pointed their finger at us and have put us in our place. The people who know better wag their finger at us and force us into the alley’s to perform our cigar duties. But as cigar smokers we just seem to take it, “please sir may I have another”.

The above reason is why Elvis and I are moving forward on opening our own cigar shoppe. Even with the legislation, current and possible impending taxes, people still want to smoke their cigars. People who smoke cigars are not evil or corrupt as the anti-smoking crowd would like to portray us as. We are a hard working and from my experience a very intelligent people. As a person sits and enjoys a cigar, you can do many things, such as converse with others and learn from others. You can sit and read a book, listen to many different types of music, search the internet for different topics and learn and understand so much of what this world has to offer. We take advantage of the time it takes to smoke a cigar and use it to our advantage. I’m sure the person who finds the cure for cancer will be a cigar smoker!

Soap box: off

Now on to a wonderful review of a cigar. Yesterday I came home and had a box waiting for me from Tex Cigars. Inside the box was a cigar i’ve never heard of, Primos cigars. Now my arrangement with Tex Cigars is they send us new or lesser known name cigars for our review. We can get CAO, Perdomo, Gurkha and Oliva’s anywhere, but we want to review some cigars that we can introduce to cigar smokers that may just come to market or may not be widely distributed.

The Primos fits this description.

The size I would be smoking is the Toro which is 6×52. The construction of the cigar looks pretty solid. The wrapper which is Nicaraguan, has a slight oily appearance with a lot of prominent veins. The band is attractive, i’m not quite sure what the logo means, it has 4 arms with the hands holding each arm by the wrist with a scroll behind them and 2 swords accenting and coming to a point, leading to the name of the cigar.

I lit up the cigar and took my first few puffs. The cigar is very smooth right from the get go. There is no harshness from this cigar. I was quite impressed. The ash is a light gray and is strong. My first ash was almost 2 inches in and when I did ash, it didn’t want to fall off. I had to hit it harder then normal to get the ash to fall off.

The cigar has a dry taste. It has a nutty taste up until the middle of the cigar when I started to get different feel. It almost felt like it turned into a fruity flavor, like a light lemon and cherry flavor. I really enjoyed this cigar more after the halfway point. The smoke is quite think, but very aromatic. It was pleasant to smell.

The last quarter of the cigar really opened up. There were a lot of complex notes coming out of it.

Here are some notes about the cigar:

Aged 3 years, this is complex cigar with a rich flavor and sweet aroma. An experienced smoker with a discerning pallet will enjoy the subtle nuance provided by the variety of tobaccos in these medium bodied cigars

This cigar is pretty good, I would recommend this cigar. Its an economically priced cigar and for the price it is a wonderful smoke. If you want to pick a bundle up of the Primos go to Tex Cigars – Primo Bundle

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