Hey everyone, just going to do a quick review here.

Headed down to Jack Schwartz yesterday after class to enjoy a nice cigar. Talked to the guy behind the counter, telling him I'm a huge 8-5-8 fan and was looking for a suggestion on another stick. I mentioned how I liked the creaminess of the 858 and he immediately suggested a Double Chateau, saying it used to be his go to smoke and had often gotten the creaminess.

Appearance: Cigar looked nice wrapped in a cedar sleeve, with the classy Fuente band. Under the cedar there were a couple discolorations in the rapper towards the foot but other than that it looked great. No big veins, and nice and smooth wrapper.

Burn: This guy lit very easily considering the draft coming down from the vent I was sitting near. Not a perfect crisp burn but it never needed a correction. It did however need to be relit in the last third a couple of times, but I think that may have been due to me neglecting it.

Flavor: This thing was just as the salesman described it. Same smoothness of the 858, but the rapper made it a bit smoother and more mild. Almost had more of a toasted flavor to it, rather than a deep tobacco flavor. Not really any hint of spice at all. During the middle it dried my mouth out a bit but that subsided. Overall a nice mild, creamy smoke. Would make a great breakfast cigar.


I might not choose this cigar again for a mid day smoke as it was a bit mild, but it was another great cigar of high quality from Fuente. I expected nothing less.
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Great review. I smoked one of these earlier. I like them a lot!
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I don't think there is such a thing as a bad Fuente cigar, at least I haven't found one.
Dave
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I didn't think so either until I had a Queen B. Blech. I avoid the Fuente Sun Growns now. Maybe I should revisit :-)

I hated the cubanitos too.
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