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Partagas Black Label Bravo
June is here and summer has almost arrived and there is no better way to celebrate than a good barbecue and a full body, big and bold cigar. In my quest for such a cigar I ran across the Partagas black label so I did a little research about the cigar and this is what I found.
The History:
While Jaime Partagas founded the cigar brand that bears his name, most of the history of Partagas was written by Ramón Cifuentes and his father before him. It was they who made Partagas the leading Cuban cigar before Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban government in 1959. Almost 20 years after Ramón Cifuentes was forced to flee Cuba, he was finally able to begin making his Partagas cigars again in 1978, this time in the Dominican Republic. And it was there as well as in the fertile Connecticut River Valley that he began to train a young man named Daniel Nuñez to become his eventual successor. Now the cigar master of Partagas, Daniel Nuñez is the creator of PartagasBlack Label and many other innovations.
The Cigar:
In order to create PartagasBlack Label, Daniel Nuñez and his colleagues spent 10 years perfecting the Medio Tempo wrapper and the La Vega Especial binder. Cuban-seed Medio Tempo wrappers are darker, heavier and richer than other wrappers because they are harvested only after they have been allowed to age on their plants 50% longer than other wrapper leaves. The La Vega Especial binder is sun-grown in the Dominican Republic to give it a deep, rich flavor of its own. To enhance the cigar's full-bodied character even further, the blend is a mixture of Nicaraguan Ligero and Dominican Piloto Cubano Ligero. These tobaccos and a larger ring gauge translate into a richer, fuller-bodied flavor.
Country: Dominican Republic
Length/Ring: 4 1/2 x 54
Shape: Rothschild
Wrapper: Medio Tiempo (Connecticut)
Filler: Nicaraguan Ligero and Piloto Cubano Ligero Blend
Binder: La Vega Especial (Dominican Republic)
Factory: General Cigar Dominicana
Strength: Full
Now lets get to smoking I first torched the boot and there was a sweat yet bitter taste, but after the first two or three puffs the bitterness quickly dissipated. The first thing that I noticed about this cigar is that I had no problems describing the taste, rich dark chocolate, freshly ground black pepper and a lot of coffee and leather in the second half. Throughout the whole cigar the burn was good and even and thick rich smoke right from the get go I don't think there is anything bad I could say about it loved it from the beginning.
Then again coming from a company that says they have the richest cigar in the world what could expect they hit the nail on the head. While this cigar is not for every one it definitely is a one of a kind and I dare anyone to try it. Even if it is not your favorite I don't think that you will have any thing bad to say about it. On a final note when you are thinking of what kind of fathers day present you would like this year why not hint and a bold oily black Partagas you won't be disappointed
Justin Aughenbaugh 2010
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