The Great Habano Tasting Party
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I've been noticing of late that I seem to really like cigars labeled as having habano wrappers. Exactly what a "habano" wrapper is seems to be a bit of mystery; my googling turned up vague and contradictory info, and the word is not defined in Tobacconist University's glossary.
Whatever it is, I like it.
So, I've decided to do a big habano taste test. Hopefully, some of you guys will join in and we can compare notes. Via ccom's build-your-own sampler (plus a couple extras), I'll be tasting the following habanos (in no particular order):
Montecristo Platinum robusto
Perdomo Reserve Habano toro
Perdomo Lot 23 churchill
Romeo y Julieta Habano Reserve belicoso
Cusano Corojo Vintage 1997 robusto
Gran Habano 3 Siglos gran robusto
Gran Habano #5 gran robusto
Padilla Miami torpedo
Padilla Series 1932 toro
Padilla Series 1948 toro
Don Pepin Garcia Generosos toro
Don Pepin Garcia Serie JJ belicoso
Don Pepin Garcia Vegas Cubanas Generosos toro
601 Red robusto
5 Vegas Miami torpedo
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet robusto
Padron 1964 corona
Who wants to play along?
Whatever it is, I like it.
So, I've decided to do a big habano taste test. Hopefully, some of you guys will join in and we can compare notes. Via ccom's build-your-own sampler (plus a couple extras), I'll be tasting the following habanos (in no particular order):
Montecristo Platinum robusto
Perdomo Reserve Habano toro
Perdomo Lot 23 churchill
Romeo y Julieta Habano Reserve belicoso
Cusano Corojo Vintage 1997 robusto
Gran Habano 3 Siglos gran robusto
Gran Habano #5 gran robusto
Padilla Miami torpedo
Padilla Series 1932 toro
Padilla Series 1948 toro
Don Pepin Garcia Generosos toro
Don Pepin Garcia Serie JJ belicoso
Don Pepin Garcia Vegas Cubanas Generosos toro
601 Red robusto
5 Vegas Miami torpedo
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet robusto
Padron 1964 corona
Who wants to play along?
Comments
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not to get your hopes dashed...
i think its more or less just a marketing term to get suckers like me to buy cigars that sound like they will be Cubanesque
on that note...
did you call cigar.com up and ask them? i mean, those guys are smart
worst case?
you have a bunch of cigars that you like on hand.
darn, i hate it when THAT happens.
Kuzi -- I read 3 or 4 different explanations of the term. One said it's a specific strain of tobacco derived from criollo (Tobacco University sort of hits at this, too). One said it's a fermentation process somewhat similar to maduro, but less strenuous. One said it's just a color somewhat lighter than maduro. And one said it's any tobacco derived from what were originally Cuban seeds.
Any of them except the first one would explain why there are so many cigars that are described as "habano" but then say they have some other wrapper -- e.g., corojo.
It seems to me "habano" is even less specific than "maduro." The latter at least refers to a specific fermentation process, and almost always to a Connecticut broadleaf.
BTW, has anybody seen "Habano 2000" identified as the wrapper on a cigar? I don't think I ever have.
Come to think of it I do not believe I've ever seen a cigar specifically labeled as a Habano 2000. It may no longer exist...
The Criollo strain can be documented all the way back to Columbus’s visits to the Caribbean. It is the classic Cuban tobacco...The Corojo tobacco plant is a derivation of the Criollo. It was created in Cuba through natural selection to resist mold.
so.... what one is "habano" to me it would seem that the Criollo is.
again like i said, "habano" is a cuban seed wrapper, processed, fermented, and aged in the classic cuban tradition.
where "maduro" is not the classic cuban tradition.