Size: 6 ¼ X
52
Wrapper:
Crojo
Binder:
Indonesian
Filler: Seco
Cubano/ Lijero Peru/ Nicaragua/ Criollo 98/ Cubano
My wife has
the day off today so after I finished at the gym, picked up the kids from school;
I decide to sit in the Jacuzzi with a nice cigar and splash of scotch. Some
Glenmorangie Artein, jazz trumpet music and the Garo 10th Aniversario Belicoso cigar
will suit me just fine.
I set up my mobile
office beside the Jacuzzi, get in and let the relaxing begin. I take this big brown
nut colored cigar with not many veins out of its wrapper and place it under my
nose to inspect its fragrance. I smell cherry on the stick and sweetness and
hay from the foot. The band on this stick is elegant in color and design. I clip the tip off the pointed end and take a nice open dry draw of cinnamon
stick.
I toast the
foot with a wooden match and the full creamy smoke fills my mouth with hints of
a nutty coffee flavor. Later the flavor mixes with hints of cedar.
The grey ash
still in form with streaks of black falls off as the even burn gets close to
the second third of this cigar. Notes of mildly sweet dry fruit and leather
dominate this second of the stick. Occasionally I taste a light salting in the
back of my palate. The smoke is still full and creamy.
The ash holds
strong until it reaches the last third of the cigar at the band and falls off for the second
time. I still pick up notes of leather along with almond and cocoa flavor. I smoke this bold stick until I can fit both
fingers and lips on it without burning the fingers.
This is the
fourth different Garo I have smoked and have thoroughly enjoyed. I don’t understand
why these well constructed full flavored cigars aren't available at more cigar shops. I will again put the website
here for you to find out if any of the Smoke Shops in your area carries them. -March 22, 2013
