Overall the cigar was enjoyable and scored well, but to my palate the flavor profile needs less of the vegetal and mushroom notes and more creamy notes (chocolate or light fruits). The construction on one sample was nearly perfect where the other sample was way too tight and caused the cigar to burn pretty hot. Maybe worth buying two sticks to try if the price is right!
Retrohale Notes: Earth, Dark Coffee & Vegetal Spice (1st Half) and Dirty/Mixed Spices and Muted Notes (2nd Half)
Average Smoke Time: 1 Hour 8 Minutes
Recommendations: Sweetened Coffee, Carmel Drinks or Chocolate
Rare and unmistakably complex, Partagas Cortado is a first for the brand. Two firsts, actually. It’s the first Partagas crafted in Nicaragua, as well as the first to feature a Connecticut shade wrapper. Composed of a meticulous blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos cloaked inside an Ecuadoran Connecticut-seed wrapper, each puff gives way to flavorful hints of spice and creamy sweetness, offset by a peppery earthiness.
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Indonesia
Fillers: Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Factory: STG Esteli/Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Vitola: Corona/ Size: 5 1/2″x42
Light Hay
Barnyard & Hints of Cocoa
Dusty Cocoa Powder & Fruit Punch Splash
Charred Oak, Peanuts, Earth, Burnt Coffee, Minerals & Vegetal
Charred Oak, Peanuts, Earth, Burnt Coffee, Minerals, Vegetal, Mouth Spice & Hints of Leather
Vegetal, Mushroom & Muted Notes
