(5 x 50) Cameroon Wrapper. I thought it was on the light side of medium bodied, it had a nice draw to it the entire time, and it burned even throughout the smoke. The taste was amazing with a flavor that was smooth all the way to the ring label. Worth trying and a FAVORITE.
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Posts: 610 | Location: Cigar City | Registered: January 21, 2003
Did you notice you had word for word the same review for the Padron Anniversary Monarca Maduro?
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Posts: 5955 | Location: Cincinnati | Registered: May 02, 2002
While the Don Carlos I tried was smooth, it was very much lacking something...I enjoy a stronger & spicier smoke like the Camacho SLR or Corojo and the occaisional Cohiba when luck strikes me just right.
I feel that the Fuente's are mostly overrated, although I still have to try the Anejo's and Opus X before I write them off completely. Thanks for the review.
Originally posted by bobsled: I feel that the Fuente's are mostly overrated, although I still have to try the Anejo's and Opus X before I write them off completely. Thanks for the review.
I feel the same way. The Hemingways are good but still not worth their price to me.
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Posts: 2499 | Location: SoCal, USA | Registered: March 06, 2004
I recently introduced a friend to the Don Carlos line. He had a mixed reation to their flavor, citing a chocolate flavor with a bite of aluminum at the end. I've never tasted these two flavors, especially aluminum, but he is the second person I know to claim a metallic flavor. Anyone else heard of this?
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Posts: 2338 | Location: North Carolina,CSA | Registered: June 28, 2002
I just bought my first Don Carlos today, a Belicoso. I am going to hold on to it for a while, but ill make sure i post when i smoke it and let everyone know what i think.
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Posts: 1902 | Location: Dekalb,Il | Registered: November 13, 2003
Just smoked my first Don Carlos, a Belicoso and i really enjoyed it. Great flavor, not that i can pinpoint what flavors i was tasting, im horrible at that. I didnt think the ash was ever gonna fall off, but it did around 2 inches. I would probably buy some more of these, but definately for an every once in a while smoke, a bit pricey for me.
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Posts: 1902 | Location: Dekalb,Il | Registered: November 13, 2003
Wow, how much are they going for? I got the Belicoso for $8.50 i believe, and the FFOX are $30 at that same shop.
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Posts: 1902 | Location: Dekalb,Il | Registered: November 13, 2003
Wow, i wish i could get Opus for that price, i dont ever buy them because they are so freakin expensive up here. I have had one, and cant remember the shop i got it at, wish i could because i got it for a reasonable price. Well, reasonable for FFOX.
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Posts: 1902 | Location: Dekalb,Il | Registered: November 13, 2003
They're shipping now to Illinois...Missouri should be next. I don't smoke 'em, I just horde them for trade bait since I purchase them for msrp. No biggie her in the Lou as the best shop in town is run by a class act. I get Anejos for MSRP, BTL's.. the whole nine yards. I am limited to 4 Anejos per visit when he has them and usually 6 FFOX. I think 2 on the BTL's.
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Posts: 2085 | Location: Internet | Registered: October 08, 2004
Timing's a funny thing. I just finished a Fuente Don Carlos Double Robusto five minutes ago, then signed on the forum to see what people were talking about these days.
It was a pleasure. The oft-used descriptive phrase "draws like a dream" is absolutely appropriate here and the burn was as close to a perfect circle as I've seen in a long time. The smoke was creamy rich, a little past medium on the way to full-bodied, and the flavor to me was sort of like if you spilled coffee on old an leather jacket. It evolved as I smoked it shorter, a phenomenon I always enjoy.
Put this one down as one of my favorites.
Posts: 4023 | Location: Boston | Registered: April 16, 2005
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