Venturing Back

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I was in North Carolina last week, and ended up staying in a hotel in Selma, NC, which happens to be home to a JR outlet. I haven't wandered through a JR in some time, and decided to just relax and take my time...

and I ended up finding something I wasn't sure existed anymore and something that was hard to find after cigar aficianado or someone gave them a very high rating back in the boom....

what I found was the old tried and true LGC Wavell in maduro. Made in the DR, not Miami. I decided to bite the bullet and buy a box - I'm not sure I ever saw a full box of these in the boom, and sadly I haven't seen the classic LGC much since the Series R and other lines have been released

Saturday I decided to take one of these for a walk. I can't remember what they tasted like way back then, but I do remember liking them and I remember nursing a bundle (no boxes, remember that time for LGC?) of charlamagne's for several years

So, it is a very well made, very solid, dense cigar, dark brown, rough texture, great pre light smell. The size is what I think of as a robusto, not some 60 RG monster. I think these were once called full bodied and full flavored, well I guess the current shift to high powered cigars puts these more to the middle of the power rating, but there are a lot of very good, deep flavors - more to teh woody leathery than the chocolate range I would say. Draw easy, construction held until the very end, smoked cool with plenty of smoke.

This cigar, and the JR Ultimate Rothschild I had Saturday took me back to post boom, good cigars and relaxing Saturdays.

It is good when a cigar takes you there, yes?