Cigar blends - Robusto and Dominican Glory Maduro
I’m not a big fan of cigars. I’m a fan of cigars - just not a big fan. Ok, maybe I’m kind of big…
Anyway….
In my years of questing for the holy grail, I’ve did little searching among cigar blends. I think I can say I’m limited to “Viginia Spice” from Russ Oullette’s Hearth and Home series. And that was a good blend, but I didn’t continue down the path of cigar blends because I usually stay away from heavier blends (for the same reason I don’t smoke a lot of cigars) in preference for lighter bodied concoctions.
I don’t know if it was reading one of Greg Pease’s articles where he’s bragging* about Robusto, or looking through the reviews of another reviewer on tobaccoreviews.com with similar tastes to mine** who gave McClelland’s Dominican Glory Maduro as a four-star blend. Something along the way enticed me to order a tin of each. Glad I did.
No review yet, I’m barely into each tin, but I will say don’t make the mistake I did in thinking you’ll be smoking a cigar through a pipe. The cigar leaf is used as a condimental addition just as Latakia, Orientals, or Perique would be applied. You know there is something different there, but it works with the base Virginias. Pease works some other condimental leaf into his blend with his expert hand, so both of these blends have a different presentation.
All this to say both of these are worth a try and will likely appeal to both the confirmed VA smoker looking for a change of pace as well as the fans of English blends.
* Greg Pease is entitled to brag.
** This is how to get the best use of that site in my opinion.
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Thanks for stopping by Greg! One thing I always liked about you (aside from being such a great blender) is that for as long as I’ve been aware of you and your blends, you’ve had a presence among the internet community of pipe smokers. Every time you’d post somewhere, we’d get a peek behind the curtain. There’s a difference between smoking something that came from a factory and smoking something created by someone you’ve communicated with on some level. Now you are taking advantage of the “blogosphere” and I hope more (blenders, pipe makers, and fans alike) will follow your lead.
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