Review # 98
Price $ 18.90 - $20.
Shape: Perfecto
Size: 6 7/8 x 57
Strength: Medium - Full
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Wrapper Type: Ecuadorian Habano
Color: Colorado Maduro
Binder / Filler: Dominican Republic / Dominican Republic
Grade: Hand Rolled / Long Filler
Blender: H. Kelner
Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 1
Storage time: 3 weeks
Storage Humidity 68
Storage Temperature 67
Prelight: Sweet hay, floral notes, sweet woods
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1st 1/3
Soft woods, mild spice, dry soft tasting pepper, molasses and a perfect draw.
I love a cigar with a tapered foot so you don’t have to lay a lot of flame to it to get it started
Toasted nut notes coming up with the pepper note but not over the top and semi sweet creaminess and burning straight with a gray ash.
2nd 1/3
The pepper has fallen off a bit, followed by a deeper creaminess, along with the molasses and soft woods
For me the cigar is more a medium then full in strength at this point with zero harshness and still burning straight and having a great draw.
Last 1/3
Toasted nut notes with a smooth sweetness of bread and spice show up
The bands had way to much glue on them to be able to remove them without damaging the wrapper, a mark against the Symphony 20 Ltd.
The flavors continued to progress and have moved to full-bodied. Overall, the Symphony 20 Salomones was a cigar where it emphasized body over strength.
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Smoking time 2hrs
Score 8 out of 10
Smoking other Salomone shape vitola cigars I have to say the
Man O' War Ruination Salomon and the
La Aurora Puro Vintage '03 Salamone had a better flavor profile and much less expensive but the Paul Garmirian Symphony 20 Ltd Salomones still was a stellar smoke.
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