Finishing a Don Chico CT Robusto is so very hard to do. From the beginning – upon first light – this is a Nicaraguan cigar that patterns itself after a frictionless sojourn into a fantastical feast of flavors and aromas.
One of the newest blends of the Barreda lineup of cigars, the Connecticut is one of the most delectable I have had the pleasure of smoking of late. How do you describe the thrill a few burning tobacco leaves can provide in words? You can’t. Period. You must smoke it yourself to experience such satisfaction.
As the readers know, I rarely put my fingers to the keyboard to expound the virtues of any cigar – either one I rep or one I don’t. But this is different. As was said to Dr. Campbell at the end of the movie Medicine Man, “You’ve been touched.” Indeed, I had – and have been.
I was smoking the Don Chico in the garage when the lyrics from the song by Neil Sadaka slowly seeped into my mind, “breaking up is hard to do.” I was “touched.” This revelation was the utmost in subtlety. I found a red pen and wrote, “ . . . finishing a Barreda Connecticut Robusto is so very hard to do” in the margins of an ad for the Eddie Martinez exhibition in the Art Newspaper.
This is so unusual for me. I dislike cigar reviews. They are often pretentious and silly in their descriptions. So why would I do even this?
Some things are left unanswered, but I do know that when I am moved to write, it is for a damn good reason.
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