Cigar Weekly

SLR · 04-27-2002, 06:27 PM

Saint Luis Rey Double Corona (Cabinet VCR NOV01)

Wrapper: Calorado Claro (honey brown, slight reddish tint), thin veins, nice thin wrapper. Nice oily sheen to this wrapper.

Construction and draw: Only the best rollers are rolling these cigars. Dense and rock solid, thought I would have draw problem, but it drew like a dream.

Flavor profile: Sweet spice and peppery, slightly floral, slightly bitter and harsh on the palate, deep tobacco flavors with a long sweet spicy finish. Well balanced, not much complexity, but that richness in flavor remains from beginning to end. One fine point is on the 2nd half of the cigar, it intensified in the sweet spicy range, this I found to be “excellent”.

Strength: Medium to strong, felt really relaxed not buzzed.

Well it looks like the large formats like the churchil and DC’s are making a comeback in a big way. I have not seen this kind of rich flavors in large cigars in over 5 years. Now I am seeing these rich intense flavors, consistently in 2001 cigars. What’s the story? I say quality control is more of a priority now more then ever over quantity. Let’s hope this trend is the normal rather then a fluke in the system of things.

jchamb · 04-27-2002, 06:30 PM

Great review! Thanks.

IBMer · 04-27-2002, 07:44 PM

Great review!!

Makes me want to warm up my CC again.

Natgolfer · 04-27-2002, 08:01 PM

Another great review! Looks like you like the Churchill vitola.

"War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left"

mclamm · 04-28-2002, 10:48 PM

Another Great review!!

"Life is what happens while you're making other plans."
-- John Lennon --

Las Villas · 04-29-2002, 07:34 AM

Thanks for the review!!!

"LAS VILLAS"
"You can't do anything to me that Fidel Castro hasn't done to me already"- Tony (Scarface) Montana.

Thomkm · 04-29-2002, 08:16 AM

Great review...

Hmmmm...never had one of them...damn another smoke for the "gotta get list"...

MetsFan · 04-29-2002, 08:29 AM

Weren't these the cigars you bought in January and said they were way too young to smoke?

I fondled TOJE's pen.

DigitalGuy · 04-29-2002, 10:39 AM

So, Mike - am I going to have to start smoking larger ring guage ISOMs now? I am really happy with my few favorites - then you write this review, causing me to have to try some more cigars. Drat! LOL!! Great review.

George

bill · 04-30-2002, 12:16 AM

Hey Mike........... Did you get this cigar from our mutual buddy in Oregon?

I have been looking at the ones I purchased from him. They are one beautiful looking cigar, that smell awesome. I just haven't lit one up yet.

I have heard that they need some more time resting.

04-27-2002, 06:27 PM	#1
SLR Charter Member Moderator Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: OC/LA Area, CA USA Posts: 15,521	Saint Luis Rey Double Corona (Cabinet VCR NOV01) Wrapper: Calorado Claro (honey brown, slight reddish tint), thin veins, nice thin wrapper. Nice oily sheen to this wrapper. Construction and draw: Only the best rollers are rolling these cigars. Dense and rock solid, thought I would have draw problem, but it drew like a dream. Flavor profile: Sweet spice and peppery, slightly floral, slightly bitter and harsh on the palate, deep tobacco flavors with a long sweet spicy finish. Well balanced, not much complexity, but that richness in flavor remains from beginning to end. One fine point is on the 2nd half of the cigar, it intensified in the sweet spicy range, this I found to be “excellent”. Strength: Medium to strong, felt really relaxed not buzzed. Well it looks like the large formats like the churchil and DC’s are making a comeback in a big way. I have not seen this kind of rich flavors in large cigars in over 5 years. Now I am seeing these rich intense flavors, consistently in 2001 cigars. What’s the story? I say quality control is more of a priority now more then ever over quantity. Let’s hope this trend is the normal rather then a fluke in the system of things. __________________ Isaiah 53 LGBFJB BE AWAKE, NOT WOKE

04-27-2002, 06:30 PM	#2
jchamb Club Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arlington, TX Cuba Posts: 3,942	Great review! Thanks. __________________ "That cigar STINKS!" - Mrs. jchamb

04-27-2002, 07:44 PM	#3
IBMer Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 646	Great review!! Makes me want to warm up my CC again. __________________ "I NEVER apologize. I'm sorry, that's just the way I am." -- Homer Jay Simpson

04-27-2002, 08:01 PM	#4
Natgolfer Club Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: #14, 559 yard par 5, lying 1, right side of fairway, 242 yards out, taking a leak behind an oak tree Posts: 3,370	Another great review! Looks like you like the Churchill vitola. "War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left" __________________ We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough, we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. - Ronald Reagan

04-28-2002, 10:48 PM	#5
mclamm Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 180	Another Great review!! "Life is what happens while you're making other plans." -- John Lennon -- __________________ I am a member of the Cuban albino midget rapper posse - Tyrone Shoelaces

04-29-2002, 07:34 AM	#6
Las Villas Herf Meister Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Northern, NJ USA Posts: 7,496	Thanks for the review!!! "LAS VILLAS" "You can't do anything to me that Fidel Castro hasn't done to me already"- Tony (Scarface) Montana. __________________ "Only oppression should fear the full exercise of freedom." Jose Marti

04-29-2002, 08:16 AM	#7
Thomkm Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: NW, Ohio USA Posts: 485	Great review... Hmmmm...never had one of them...damn another smoke for the "gotta get list"... __________________ Tom

04-29-2002, 08:29 AM	#8
MetsFan Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 12,223	Weren't these the cigars you bought in January and said they were way too young to smoke? I fondled TOJE's pen.

04-29-2002, 10:39 AM	#9
DigitalGuy Club Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA USA Posts: 1,042	So, Mike - am I going to have to start smoking larger ring guage ISOMs now? I am really happy with my few favorites - then you write this review, causing me to have to try some more cigars. Drat! LOL!! Great review. George __________________ I can resist anything, except temptation. - Oscar Wilde

04-30-2002, 12:16 AM	#10
bill Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Moses Lake, Washington USA Posts: 263	Hey Mike........... Did you get this cigar from our mutual buddy in Oregon? I have been looking at the ones I purchased from him. They are one beautiful looking cigar, that smell awesome. I just haven't lit one up yet. I have heard that they need some more time resting.