Darker = Fuller?
Hey there,
Im new to posting on the forums but I have been reading them for the past two months now, and i havent seen anything about color.
Ive been smoking cigars since my 18th last march (so about 5 months now). And about 3 months ago i found this store that sells cigars in the mall, and the lady there told me that usually the darker the cigar the fuller the smoke will be.
I tried a Rocky Patel just today, and i wasnt very fond of it, i found it too sweet and not that full bodied at all and it was a rather dark cigar.
But, about a week ago i tried a La Gloria Cubana and was amazed by it, but it was not dark by any means. so my question would be is it true that the darker the cigar the fuller it is. or does it vary?
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in addition to that i would like to make an argument that a darker color wrapper (maduro) will actually be LIGHTER in body than the same cigar (filler and binder) with the same leaf that has NOT gone through the maduro proscess.
the proscess of turning the leaf that color is called maduro, and incedently so, the cigar is a maduro cigar. The future wrapper leaves are bundled tightly and set to ferment for a while. (it varies between producers) the temp rises in the bundles and it cooks the leaf a bit. all of this breaks down the leaf and lets the surgars be more promanent in the flavor. when a cigar ages it mellows. maduro is a tobacco aging proscess. it breaks it down and loses some body.
RP would then talk to the blender of both of those cigars and contract with them to make him an equivalent cigar and he'll sell it for a dollar less.
K. Hansotia would infuse them with Cognac and sell them for $750.
Then Drew Estate could take both of those cigars stick them in a room with Indian oils and spices and sell 100 times as many as all the others combined ....
Shoulda tied in the Drew Estates Monica Parts from a different thread