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Robusto Rumble – Partagas D4 (Vintage Collection) SEU Nov 04 – Glenfarclas 30-Year-Old Malt - James Squire ‘150 Lashes’ Pale Ale.

Robusto Rumble – Partagas D4 (Vintage Collection) SEU Nov 04 – Glenfarclas 30-Year-Old Malt - James Squire ‘150 Lashes’ Pale Ale.

Ken Gargett
By Ken Gargett - 2020

The final cigar for the Robusto Rumble is one from the depths of my own humidor, one of my very last from this box. And what a cracking box it has been – the Partagas D4 (Vintage Collection) SEU Nov 04. Looking back over notes, there was an 89 and one or two 90/91 scores but most have been 94, 95 or 96. Can’t be unhappy with that.

Love the Partagas D4. If someone said we are drawing lots for cigars for the desert island and you can never smoke anything else, if you got the D4 then you would not complain (well, you might whinge endlessly about being exiled to a desert island but that is a different matter). Might prefer a Lusi or a SLR DC, but I'd take the D4. And I would especially take them if they were all as good as this stick. It might just have been the best from the entire box.

Draw was fine. A very pale Colorado wrapper. Cigar was in…

Bolivar Belicosos Fino - James Squire ‘150 Lashes’ Pale Ale; Flor de Cana ‘Spresso’ Coffee Liqueur

Bolivar Belicosos Fino - James Squire ‘150 Lashes’ Pale Ale; Flor de Cana ‘Spresso’ Coffee Liqueur

Ken Gargett
By Ken Gargett - 2019

Bolivar Belicosos Fino/James Squire ‘150 Lashes’ Pale Ale; Flor de Cana ‘Spresso’ Coffee Liqueur, plus thoughts on the Flor de Cana “V Generaciones’ – A 30-Year-Old Single Barrel Rum and how a postage stamp changed history.

The last of the current batch of seconds from Rob for Kenfessions. It would be fair to say that I did not necessarily leave the best to last, the Bolivar Belicosos Fino. As the picture hopefully shows, this was seconds for a reason. Well, I think it aspired to 2nd status and fell well short. ‘Ratty’ was my description of its looks.

5 1/2" by 52 ring gauge. A pleasant pale creamy brown wrapper. Notes of roast earth, toast, burnt meat – if I may jump in early, the Spresso worked really well with it. No great length here. It did need a lot of relighting. A fair cigar but hardly a great one. I have never had much luck with these and…