Suprized by a cigar I expected to be s^&%
JF
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About a month ago, my father, meaning well, sent me a couple bundles of cigars as a very touching spontaneous present. Knowing nothing about cigars, of course, I was not blown away by his selection, but it really is the thought that counts.
He sent me a Victor Sinclair (a brand I've never heard a good word about) flight-sampler from their bottom-level blend (in four wrapper types; Connecticut, Maduro, Rosado, and Sumatra), and a bundle of miscellaneous sticks from short-run blends even they won't put their name on (including two very rough-looking, barnyard-smelling corona-sized torpedos called, "el Hippe", that I immediately remarked I expect to taste like bathwater from it's namesake).
Last night I decided to give the Rosado torpedo a go, and was really pleasently surprized. It wasn't great, by any means. But being essentially a $1 cigar, anything better than putrid is a shocker. There was a tiny bit of cream and pepper, as well as a mild clove note - the flavor was very mild overall, and remained unchanged throughout. The one major hit against it is that it seemed to absolutely destroy my throat (I do not inhale), which it's very rare for cigars to do to me.
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I always assumed they're of very poor quality, certainly their marketing and the nature of the places that push them seem to suggest that...nevertheless, the one I just had exceeded my expectations for such a low-price-point cigar. That is the one and only Victor Sinclair I've ever had.
I tried the Anniversario not too long after I got them and they were OK, but a little bland. The ones that have rested do seem to have a much better flavor. I picked them up on a special and they have certainly been worth it.
disclaimer, I tried the 55s about 3 years incase there has been some changes in the brand quality. But that fiver of triple corojos should be landing this next week. I'll prolly smoke one OTT and post my thought in this thread. Cheers. Nick
I'm interested to see that other favorable experiences have been posted - I'll have to try another one in this line next weekend and post back.
Edit:
The ones I have appear to be the "Tobacconist Series", which are a cheaper blend generally sold in bundles.
the "55" stands for 5 country blend aged for 5 years... im sure this is part of the reason why its a decent cigar.
its similar to Australian wines in the sense that, if you pull tobacco from may regions you have a tendency to bring out a very classic tobacco taste out of it; much like pulling grapes from many fields yields a flavor that is more typical of that particular grape than one pulled from one field.
as far as VC goes, i have always wanted to try more but i always seem to want to try other things even more. I do like that they make a perfecto size for all of the 55 line