Nub 460 Connecticut - Gordo review
Look! Up in the air! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a cigar Zeede bought for himself!
:D
Here we have the Nub 460 Connecticut Gordo for review.
4" x 60
The theory with this cigar is that most cigars don't really hit their sweet spot until 1/2" or 1" in. I'm not sure about that, but I do know that it's quite amusing that they crammed a Churchill's amount of tobacco into something this short and stubby!
The wrapper is a typical Connecticut wrapper in color, not too veiny, but with very visible seams. Neither the veins nor the seams gave me any burn issues, so they're purely cosmetic flaws.
I use my Xikar ELX's punch, and off to the races we go!
Immediately I get a creamy flavor, with a medium amount of spice on the retrohale. The cream I expected, being a Connecticut, but I wasn't expecting that much spice on the retrohale!
Wood notes come in next, and I notice that the cigar creates huge volumes of smoke (@ShawnTheTroll got a good laugh as one of my early puffs just coalesced around my head and I kept coughing because I kept breathing it in :D ) with a fairly easy draw (but not too easy). I usually like a touch more resistance on my draws.
I begin noticing some sort of nutty sweetness. Shawn mentions that he tastes vanilla when he smokes Nub Connecticuts, but for me it isn't vanilla. I finally pin it down, it's honey!
1" in, the spice is picking up to a medium on the back of my throat. On the retrohale I get a full blast of spice! Wow!
1/2 way in, I'm starting to get a little light headed. This is definitely not a mild Connecticut, so if you tend to avoid Connecticuts because they're too mild for you, this one is at least a solid Medium in the nicotine department.
I'm also starting to get some tobacco notes...and my first ashing. I also realize at this point that I haven't taken a picture yet. Oops!
http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps5vpykkdm.jpg
Okay whew, obligatory cigar porn taken care of.
I call it quits at 70 minutes due to my draws getting too hot. I tried taking slower, more gentle draws but that didn't help.
Final notes: I have a Nub 460 Cameroon resting that I am eager to try. These cigars are definitely worth checking out!
On a related note, I was bummed to get a call from my B&M this morning (Friday). My long awaited order of Boveda packs came in...except that Boveda screwed up and sent them a cube of 69% packs, and I wanted the 65% ones. The order form clearly shows 65%, but apparently someone at the Boveda warehouse needs new glasses.
I have noticed that if I put too much time between my draws, I start getting that stale smoke taste, and if I draw too frequently it goes harsh. I'm very much looking forward to getting my cigars down to 65% and having a much easier time keeping my cigars burning in that sweet spot.
