Here's a short review of this stogie...
It's way too damn fine a day to be inside shuffling paper and keeping a (small) digital empire alive...so I'm enjoying a stogie on the back porch. The sun is smiling and so am I!
I decided to bust out a CI Legend Yellow stogie...primarily because I've become disenchanted with the line(s). I figured "if it sucks or I have to leave early, I won't lose much).
This stick is 5.75" x 54 ring gauge-a fat sucker. The wrapper is rough-nothing fancy. The band is kinda...ugly as well. The burn is uneven and is started out with a strong but persistent pepper blast that obscured all other flavors (not in a good way). However, over time this bad boy mellowed out and mixed jalapeno peppers and a nutty flavor-pretty darn tasty!
When I first got these a year ago, I hit some major consistency problems. Some were too peppery to smoke (almost) and at least one was "sour". A year or so in the humidor evened this stick out though and for $3 (with some humi time) it's a pretty decent smoke.
I'm creating a new rating system that is simpler and possibly more useful. I decided that most cigars really either suck, are good, are very good, or are outstanding.
RTR's 4 Point Scale
1: Throw that shit away (Most of Puros Indios and Vega Talanga)
2: Decent "quickie/budget" Cigar that is okay but you wouldn't mind tossing if you had to. (Most of the CI Legends, Oliva Angel, Alec Bradley cheaper stuff, etc). These are fully doable cigars but not something that I'd go ape shit over.
3: Good Premium Cigars, especially if you can get it on sale (Most Don Pepin Garcia, Tatuaje, San Cristobal)
4: Really Great Cigars (Oliva V, Coronado, most of La Flor Dominicana, Padron 1964, Don Pepin Garcia JJ White Corojo). These are my favorite.
With that in mind, this CI Yellow is a 2-respectable and fully decent but not something you smoke if you just won the lottery.
Home Front Update
This month has been freakin' crazy. I went to KC three weeks out of the last four...and racked up some major road miles. Also had some D&D and another big game coming up in Anthony in March. We've been juggling lotsa work, family illnesses, and an everfull schedule. I've got a birthday coming up and this is the first year that I've thought "so this is what it feels like to get older"...Angie Reid always says "It's a great life if you don't weaken" and I think I understand that statement more every year.
Rock out, dudes and don't forget to get off your lazy asses and post some stogie reviews on this blog!
1 comment:
1) that last pic just freaked me out. Nice!
2) coincidentally, i am also enjoying the unseasonal temps outside with a CI stogie between my teeth. This one is a red label, and I'd agree -- doable but nothing crazy.
3) I like your new 4 point scale but since I pioneered or stole the old system, I'll keep using it for honor's sake. I'll just steal yours and add it to mine!
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