Sunday I talked about the new Sancho Panza “The Original” cigar, newly reimagined with the help of Matt Booth. I mentioned that I had bought a box of Extra Fuerte a while ago, and I looked it up and it was 2006. That box is long gone, but I remember it fondly, I admit I was a little concerned with the new branding, It’s growing on me, I guess. I was interested in trying the other two new cigars in the line. I chose the Sancho Panza Double Maduro first. The wrapper is a dark Ecuadoran Sumatra, with a Nicaraguan Esteli binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Brazil. I assume it’s “double” maduro because of the oscuro color of the wrapper, there’s no indication that any of the other components are fermented to a maduro. Of course, I could be wrong. I expected a sweet maduro, but I was quite wrong. This was a savory, maybe mushroomy, maduro, and I’m not a huge fan of mushrooms! It wasn’t an off-putting flavor, but not what I was expecting, or prefer. The cigar burned right, and wan’t unenjoyable.
The Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte was next. Like I said, I liked this cigar a lot it it’s previous iteration. This one has an Ecuadoran wrapper, Honduran Jamastran binder and Dominican Mao, Nicaraguan Esteli fillers. I’ve been to General’s farm in Mao, beautiful place, at least it was in 2011. When I was there there wasn’t any cigar tobacco growing, but it was still pretty cool. I wrote about it HERE. The Extra Fuerte was my favorite of the three, with The Original coming in second. This had some sweet spice that I like, and was very enjoyable. It wasn’t as “furete” as I thought it would be, maybe the Double Maduro seemed stronger to me. All three I smoked were in the Robusto size, I’ll give them a try one day in a toro. I think the ones I had years ago were coronas. Considering these are priced reasonably, hopefully they finally have the success that the brand deserves.
That’s all for today, until the next time,
CigarCraig
