papajohn67
Dead Man Walking
When it comes to the Angel 100 people seem to love them or hate them, as for myself I'm an Angel 100 lover.
The Angel 100 was a limited run cigar put out by the Oliva Tobacco Company not to be confused with the Oliva Cigar Company. I tasted my 1st Angel 100 about 2 1/2 years ago and that was not so much by design but instead it came as a freebie from JR Cigars as a throw in extra. Packaged in boxes of five sticks it arrived JR "wet". I fired one up a few days after receiving them and man they were harsh!! But sometimes age can do wonders. A lot of time has passed since I sampled my 1st Angel and many more fiver's have come my way.
So now to the nuts and bolts. Last night, well this morning around 3AM I dug into my Angel stash and pulled out a Angel 100 La Joya from the bottom of the humi....marked 5/06. This one was from one of my earliest purchases.
The Angel 100 La Joya is a pressed 6 x 54 Toro. I tested the RG with my handy new CS RG tool. :tu The cigar was dark and veiny and looks wise was a bit on the rough side. I've recently been punching my cigars instead of cutting them so I punched away. After putting the torch to it I immediately felt vindicated about my choice to stick with these and let them age. What I found was a wonderful full bodied cigar, not a lung chucking experience but a very smooth full bodied cigar. Draw had improved, burn for the most part was excellent and flavor, a sweetness with tastes of pepper as well as a woody taste. Halfway through the cigar the intensity of it's "fullness" picked up, not overwhelming but enough so to remind me I had attacked this cigar on an empty stomach. All in all I found this Angel 100 to be a great smoke that had shucked it's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde characteristics and having moved light years past the cigar I had 1st smoked and had found far from pleasing.
Since discontinued it can still be found at times on Cbid in the smaller RG, i.e. the Angel 100 1961 & OTC.
Like I said in the begining the Angels can be a love/hate type of relationship. I've sent a heck of a lot of Angel 100's off to other BOTL over the past couple of years with mixed results. But I do think they are worth a try if you can find them.
The Angel 100 was a limited run cigar put out by the Oliva Tobacco Company not to be confused with the Oliva Cigar Company. I tasted my 1st Angel 100 about 2 1/2 years ago and that was not so much by design but instead it came as a freebie from JR Cigars as a throw in extra. Packaged in boxes of five sticks it arrived JR "wet". I fired one up a few days after receiving them and man they were harsh!! But sometimes age can do wonders. A lot of time has passed since I sampled my 1st Angel and many more fiver's have come my way.
So now to the nuts and bolts. Last night, well this morning around 3AM I dug into my Angel stash and pulled out a Angel 100 La Joya from the bottom of the humi....marked 5/06. This one was from one of my earliest purchases.
The Angel 100 La Joya is a pressed 6 x 54 Toro. I tested the RG with my handy new CS RG tool. :tu The cigar was dark and veiny and looks wise was a bit on the rough side. I've recently been punching my cigars instead of cutting them so I punched away. After putting the torch to it I immediately felt vindicated about my choice to stick with these and let them age. What I found was a wonderful full bodied cigar, not a lung chucking experience but a very smooth full bodied cigar. Draw had improved, burn for the most part was excellent and flavor, a sweetness with tastes of pepper as well as a woody taste. Halfway through the cigar the intensity of it's "fullness" picked up, not overwhelming but enough so to remind me I had attacked this cigar on an empty stomach. All in all I found this Angel 100 to be a great smoke that had shucked it's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde characteristics and having moved light years past the cigar I had 1st smoked and had found far from pleasing.
Since discontinued it can still be found at times on Cbid in the smaller RG, i.e. the Angel 100 1961 & OTC.
Like I said in the begining the Angels can be a love/hate type of relationship. I've sent a heck of a lot of Angel 100's off to other BOTL over the past couple of years with mixed results. But I do think they are worth a try if you can find them.