I brought home samples of the new Villiger Do Brasil cigars from the TPE show, then a week later a pair showed up in my mailbox, so I’ve had a couple of each in the humidor now for several weeks resting. I had the opportunity to try the cigars at the show, Villiger hosted an excellent party at the TPE with some great food and entertainment that meandered between brilliant and not so much, all the while being entertaining one way or the other. Since I was there communing with friends, I smoked a more familiar cigar, the Cuellar Black Forest, which I really like. I spent a very nice evening catching up with my friends Will Cooper, Aaron Loomis and Jiunn Liu as well as seeing a bunch of other cigar industry folks. Good times.
Both of the Villiger Do Brasil blends, from what I can divine, are Brazilian puros. The Maduro is the one
The Claro is wrapped in a Connecticut wrapper grown in Brazil, I assume under shade. It looks much like any other Connecticut shade wrapper, it’s light tan, finely veined and really quite beautiful. I’m really not sure which sample I chose, the one I received in the mail, or the one from the TPE, I checked it with the Humidimeter and it was right where I like to see the reading at the foot, 62%. I probed the head of the cigar and it was 67%, which is pretty consistent with my findings. I find that most cigars smoke well if they read under 65% at the foot, and there’s usually a 5% different from the foot to the head. My humidors are typically around 67% RH give or take a point. Anyway, the Claro was a flavorful shade cigar, nothing remarkable, unfortunately, but a solid, tasty, shade cigar. Both samples I smoked were the 5″ x 50 Robusto, and both were very good cigars.
I had to run out twice over the last few days some supplies and it’s surreal. Sunday it was to Home Depot to buy a replacement thermostat, as I mentioned in Sunday’s post. Oddly, Home Depot was pretty busy. People buying stuff for their yards and what
That’s all for now, until the next time,
CigarCraig
I’ve been doing Honey-Do List projects too – replacing older outlets, a faucet, updating software & firmware, etc, even bought more paint to repaint the basement (the kids’ playroom when they were little, so might need more than paint).
Hang in there, Craig!