For April 2009, I’m sending out the Arturo Fuente, Chateau Fuente, King B.  The King B has been around for a few years, is a close cousin to the Chateau Fuente, Cuban Belicoso and is overall a cigar I enjoy.  Some folks agree and like it, while others aren’t as impressed.  Overall, I think it is worth trying and most folks will enjoy it.  Either way, I look forward to hearing the comments as the cigar makes the rounds.  I’ll post a more detailed review over the next few days.

For May, I selected the Bolivar Corona Extra. This is a great cigar and much thanks to David for his help in making this month’s selection.

I had the pleasure of handing off Tim’s cigars in person when we met up for Memorial day. We tried to solve the world’s problems over a glass of scotch and a couple of these cigars. I don’t know that we made much progress on world issues, but the cigars and scotch were good. I hope everyone else enjoys them as well.

I’m not good at identifying flavors or profiles in a cigar (or wine for that matter) but this cigar had a rich wood flavor to me and a chocolate like finish.  I’ve stored one away and will try it again in a year.  I suspect that the flavor will smooth out a bit over the next few months.  If you’ve got the patience, I’d encourage you to do the same: smoke one now, save the other one for a rainy day.

This month, Rich selected the San Cristobal Clasico which is a robusto size. I’ve been excited to try this cigar and I hope you are as well. Its a Don Pepin made cigar, so my expectations are high.

Here is a reviews -

Not the Clasico but a lengthy review.

If you find any other reviews, let me know and I’ll edit the post to add them.

]]> http://www.monthlycigar.com/?feed=rss2&p=4 http://www.monthlycigar.com/?p=3 http://www.monthlycigar.com/?p=3#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 06:07:28 +0000 admin http://www.monthlycigar.com/?p=3 Well, after a yearlong hiatus.  The Monthly Cigar site is back and redesigned.  The old site was just to damned complicated and every month I forgot how to update in between each month. The new site is a simple wordpress blog. I can add retailer and other cigar site links as well as do a quick and dirty update on each month’s selection.

Hopefully, this site will be more useful to us all then the last.