When I first started smoking cigars, I was all about large ring gauges, like 50+, because I smoked like it was going out of style. Since I've gotten a little more into the groove and now I actually smoke a bit slow, small ring gauges offer up a nice alternative to a jaw buster. I recently had an Oliva Serie V lancero and it was an incredibly enjoyable smoke, but also a comfortable smoke. So, now that I have the patience for them, I'm beginning to embrace smaller ring gauges and I'm finding them enjoyable.
Yeah, I'm still working on that slowing down part. I'm too efficiency-conscious; I look at a lit cigar and see all that smoke going somewhere other than my mouth, and I feel like I'm throwing away half a cigar.
The other nice thing about lanceros is they give you a wicked high wrapper:filler ratio, so you can really taste the wrapper clearly. With something like the Double Maduro, that's a very pleasant experience.
I read somewhere that people will smoke their age in gauge.. I guess that observation was meant to state that we will move to bigger cigars as we get more stick time. ( I know there is a joke hiding there) I started with coronas, moved to robustos and now own a lot more Perfectos...I rarely buy a corona anymore and buy cigars that will provide I smoke time I expect to get out of them. Usually one hour or a little more..
The other nice thing about lanceros is they give you a wicked high wrapper:filler ratio, so you can really taste the wrapper clearly. With something like the Double Maduro, that's a very pleasant experience.
A very good observation, Urbi! I think I am going to have to revisit the smaller gauges and see what I am missing. Hmm, Sancho Panza double maduros hae been whispering to me lately. Perhaps I am ready for another blind box purchase >.>
Ya know, aside from one friend in high school, I've never heard or seen anyone mention Blind Lemon Jefferson. You've got a lot of trivia bouncing around in that head of your's, don't ya urby?
Ya know, aside from one friend in high school, I've never heard or seen anyone mention Blind Lemon Jefferson. You've got a lot of trivia bouncing around in that head of your's, don't ya urby?
Yes, there is an unfortunate amount of useless knowledge taking up space in my brain. I need to have a garage sale. I saw kuzi mention he's a blues man; I bet he knows about Blind Lemon Jefferson.
After all this discussion, I think I'm going to have to have another one of those RP lanceros, tonight, then write a proper review. Or as proper a review as I typically write, anyway. Kuzi's are like audiophile-quality hi-fi; mine are more like Costco mid-fi.
Ahh, don't sell yourself short. Any review is a good review as long as it is an honest representation of your impression of the cigar, well in my opinion anyhow. Keep up the good work urby, I enjoy your reviews.
Ahh, don't sell yourself short. Any review is a good review as long as it is an honest representation of your impression of the cigar, well in my opinion anyhow. Keep up the good work urby, I enjoy your reviews.
Some of the best reviews come from the heart, short and to the point .. Like Dont waste your money..This cigar sucks... or Wow!! this is the best cigar I have smoked in a long time..You gotta try this one...
Now that sums it up in my opinion..
Ahh, don't sell yourself short. Any review is a good review as long as it is an honest representation of your impression of the cigar, well in my opinion anyhow. Keep up the good work urby, I enjoy your reviews.
Some of the best reviews come from the heart, short and to the point .. Like Dont waste your money..This cigar sucks... or Wow!! this is the best cigar I have smoked in a long time..You gotta try this one...
Now that sums it up in my opinion..
Thanks, guys. I wasn't fishing for compliments. Really. I just meant kuzi's reviews are much more analytical and detailed than mine. The product of either a more refined palate, or somebody paying much closer attention than I am. My reviews are useful for what they are. His are just more so. If that makes any sense.
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The other nice thing about lanceros is they give you a wicked high wrapper:filler ratio, so you can really taste the wrapper clearly. With something like the Double Maduro, that's a very pleasant experience.
I haven't tried the Sancho Panza line, yet. Need to do some investigating there, when I halt my cigar-buying moratorium. I must be entering my second childhood, then. I never would've gone near a lancero 10 yrs. ago.
After all this discussion, I think I'm going to have to have another one of those RP lanceros, tonight, then write a proper review. Or as proper a review as I typically write, anyway. Kuzi's are like audiophile-quality hi-fi; mine are more like Costco mid-fi.