It’s kind of rare when I post about a single cigar, but I do like to mix things up a bit, and I have been slacking on original content lately. Considering I smoked a new-to-me cigar this week that impressed me I figured it was deserving of a post. My friends at Gran Habano recently sent along some of their new cigars for me to try, and the Gran Habano Persian King Maduro Rajah stood out to me and demanded smoking right away. I remembered smoking it’s “natural” sibling in June of 2018 and liking it. I also remember that these can be had for under $5 each when purchased in boxes of 50, making them quite a good value. The Rajah is 6″ x 50, just about my perfect size, and is also available in the Tiger, which is 6″ x 60. The wrapper on this cigar is a gorgeous, oily, Nicaraguan Sun Grown maduro, with three quarters of an inch or so of shade at the foot, finished in a knot. As I noted before, with all cigars finished this way, care must be taken when lighting so that loose, burning tobacco doesn’t fall off and burn holes in clothing. I’ve had this happen, CAO owes me two shirts (on second thought, I’ll let them slide, they’ve taken pretty good care of me). This cigar burned really well, the draw was perfect, and it was well behaved throughout the 90 or so minutes it took me to smoke it. It started out tasting like a Connecticut shade cigar a little bit, then once it got through that shade wrapper and into the sungrown Maduro, the beautiful, rich coffee and roasty flavors kicked in. There were moments here and there where there was a cinnamon hint in the smoke, I like that when it happens. I’d call this a complex cigar, which is surprising for an unbanded cigar in the sub $8 price range. I’d have no problems handing this cigar out to friends, regardless of their experience level, and would look forward to smoking it again and again. CigarCraig’s classification: Yummy!
That’s all for today, Until the next time,
CigarCraig
