Platinum Nova, Aganorsa and a Cavalier Cigars

I still have a few new-to-me cigars from the past few month’s travels, one of which was a Platinum Nova Limited Series Torpedo. This is a 5½” x 55 torpedo with a Habano 2000 wrapper and Dominican binder and fillers.  My first experience with Leo at Nova was at the 2020 TPE show, where they introduced me to a dizzying array of cigars. This year at the TPE, Leo hooked me up with some that I hadn’t had yet, including this one.  This is a pricey cigar, $30 by my figuring, and I always appreciate Leo’s generosity. I’ve had a trying week, with basically forcing my aging mother into the hospital because she wasn’t well. This cigar was a delightful distraction. To me it had a distinct floral flavor, not exactly light, but tasty in a non-overbearing way. It burned well and had a sophisticated way about it. Certainly not something I like every day, but as wonderful change of pace. I may have smoked this before, it had a familiarity abou it. If it’s a repeat, I apologize! 

Next up was a cigar I got from the Cigar Circus in Clearwater last month. I had no idea what this Aganorsa cigar was, so I asked Terence Reilly and he told me it was a cigar that they make in Miami for events.  It was something like 6” x 48 and that’s all I know about it. One would assume it’s all Aganorsa tobacco from Nicaragua.  The flavor was interesting, I put it in the wood spectrum, which isn’t normally my cup of tea, but it was good. Burn and draw was awesome and there was plenty of smoke. I may put the mooch on Terence when I see him next month at the Smoke-ones. Terence is one of the nicest guys around.

Some may not appreciate this, but yesterday I went to DC for the “Hands Off” rally. We just wandered around the mall area people watching. It was a good crowd, over two million people, and while people are obviously angry about what the current administration is doing, myself included, it was peaceful.  I smoked a couple cigars (a Blackbird Flamingo Lancero and a Julius Caeser Toro, the JC felt appropriate) while walking around and didn’t get so much as a sideways glance. I was prepared to defend my form of protest and exercise of my inalienable rights, but it was never an issue. I’m glad I went, and I hope the large outpouring around the country opens some eyes. 

When we finally got home I turned on the last period of the Flyers game and sat down with a Cavalier Geneve White Series Tempura.  This is a smaller cigar, 4″ x 60 perfecto, very much like a Flying Pig, curly pigtail and all.  Flying Pig is a standard vitola, not anything exclusive to Drew Estate, Saka reintroduced it after finding it in some literature from the 1890s. The white line was Sebastien’s original blend, starting life at the Plasencia factory, and I’m sure it’s made at their own factory now.  This has a Habano wrapper, Connecticut binder and a filler blend from Nicaragua, Paraguay and the  Dominican. Republic.  Sebastien’s partner, Brian Motola, gave me this at the Cigar Circus event.  This was nice way to cap off a long day. It’s medium bodied with some sweet wood and cocoa flavors. My only complaint is that it was too short!  

That’s all for today, until the next time, 

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