Sunday afternoon I decided to take a ride to see my daughter and son-in-law and my 5 month old grand-daughter. I visited with them until it was nap time (the baby’s, although I could have taken one myself!). Anyway, they happen to live in the same town as one of my favorite area cigar shops, the Wooden Indian. I got there within a half hour of their closing, so I took a look through the humidor to see what was new. They have a very nice stock, which includes a smattering of nice boutique brands that aren’t always available in stores closer to home. Normally I’ve visited this store on days when they are having events, and haven’t really taken a close look at their stock. Neither needing more cigars, or wanting to spend a lot of money, I settled on a pair of Cain Daytona coronas, which ended up under $5 each. I hadn’t yet smoked the Daytona, although I do have a couple lanceros in the humidor at home. I had a nice ride home and after dinner I sparked one up. This is now my favorite Cain. I love the flavors in the line, but the Maduro and Habano and “F” series tend to be stronger than I prefer. Somehow nausea detracts from the cigar experience. Anyway, the Daytona is full flavored, yet not so strong as to cause the world to spin. Top notch cigar and p
riced fairly. It’s all I can do to not smoke the lanceros now!
Monday was a long day at work so my evening was slightly shortened. I grabbed a shorter smoke in an A. Turrent Tripple Play Robusto. I had the good fortune of meeting Enrique Seijas at the Altadis booth at the IPCPR show and he gave me a thorough tour of the booth. One of the sample pack s he gave me included this cigar. The Triple Play is an all maduro cigar, with a San Andreas wrapper, a Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and fillers from Nicaragua, Mexico and Honduras. Since I love Mexican maduro, and broadleaf, I figured this would be a good fit for me. I did enjoy the cigar quite a bit, although I had to touch up the burn a few times. Nice cigar that I look forward to trying again, although I can see where it may not be for everyone.
Tuesday evening I grabbed a Monte Pascoal Minuto on the heels of an e-mail from Wesley Gensel announcing an article in Smokeshop Magazine about the brand. I met Wes at the IPCPR show in New Orleans and spent some time with him at the show this year, where I first enjoyed this cigars. The Monte Pascoal was also awarded the best 
Brazilian cigar by Cigar Journal magazine at an awards ceremony at this years show in Las Vegas, which I was privileged to attend. These cigars are Brazilian puros, made with Mata Fina and Mata Norte tobaccos. I rea
lly enjoy this little 4 3/8″ x 42 petit corona. It had a very rich flavor and was quite satisfying. I look forward to trying the larger sizes, but this Minuto is a very nice little smoke.
Here is a video of Wes from the IPCPR show last July:
That’s it for now! Don’t forget to enter this weeks contest to win a Macanudo Millionaire 4-pack! Leave a comment on my last post to enter. I failed to mention that there would be TWO winners again!
Until the next time,
CigarCraig
I received a couple A. Turrents in some grab bags last month. Great cigar, really enjoyed them.