Mister Moo
The Pinnacle of Style
I know several Fuente whores and have nothing against two of them, but I never considered myself one. Yeah, so I like Anejos OK but sometimes they make my head sweat; and while there’s nothing wrong with an OpusX (at MSRP) in my book it is hard to develop a serious enough pile of them to smoke them whenever you want to. The 8-5-8 family is pretty good but there are a dozen-dozen other cigars I’d pick before them if I had my d’ruthers. I do like a Shark – can you please send me 50 so I can smoke just one per week? (No? Really?) Maybe the most mindboggling cigar I ever smoked was either a Montesino or a Chateau (maduros) but each was a weird one-off find at a soggy old B&M down in south Georgia and each was some kinda vision of plume atop plume. Man – they were sweet, but I’ve never seen more like them. Gods of Fire and Forbiddens might be the greatest smokes ever made but, at the prices they trade for, I’d rather buy a few shares of Lowes common stock instead. I never smoked one and don’t expect I ever will. ResIpsa hooked me (and others) up with a good GOF deal a year or so ago but I only got one or two for someone else – I wasn’t that interested. Curly Heads? Don’t float my boat at all. A Don Carlos can be nice once in a while but I am exactly passionate about them. And so on and so on and so on...
Except Hemingways. I have a Hemi Jones. There is something nice about the stout wooden box, for starters; the shiny hardware, the ornate logo artwork and the very classy calligraphy. Inside you are greeted with a clean plastic cover, humi pak and gold embossed ribbon beneath a red faux-satin lid covered almost completely with the colorful Fuente label. And then, finally, the cigar. Per-FEKT… oh. I favor the perfecto above all others and the slow light and patient opening puffs that get it going evenly. Smooth sides – nary a ripple. There are sizes to suit in the hemi line including the remarkable little Short Story. Most people are happy to accept a Short Story. The little guy is a great smoke and lasts a surprisingly long time.
All the trappings of shape, color and package aside there remains the flavor. Many cigars that have more oomph, pizzazz, snap, vanilla, cocoa, espresso, leather and cedar. But whenever I come back to a Hemi it tastes just like the last one – natural or maduro - and I like it each and every time. Actually, I like a cigar with more punch and more in-your-face flavor most of the time but a steady diet of butt-kicker cigars is not for me. A Hemingway is a welcomed, reliable and always enjoyable diversion from whatever else is happening in my cigar-or-otherwise life.
I am NOT a fulltime Fuente whore but I might be Carlos’ bitch every once in a while.
If you have never tried one, you should. If you can’t find one to try, pm me.
Except Hemingways. I have a Hemi Jones. There is something nice about the stout wooden box, for starters; the shiny hardware, the ornate logo artwork and the very classy calligraphy. Inside you are greeted with a clean plastic cover, humi pak and gold embossed ribbon beneath a red faux-satin lid covered almost completely with the colorful Fuente label. And then, finally, the cigar. Per-FEKT… oh. I favor the perfecto above all others and the slow light and patient opening puffs that get it going evenly. Smooth sides – nary a ripple. There are sizes to suit in the hemi line including the remarkable little Short Story. Most people are happy to accept a Short Story. The little guy is a great smoke and lasts a surprisingly long time.
All the trappings of shape, color and package aside there remains the flavor. Many cigars that have more oomph, pizzazz, snap, vanilla, cocoa, espresso, leather and cedar. But whenever I come back to a Hemi it tastes just like the last one – natural or maduro - and I like it each and every time. Actually, I like a cigar with more punch and more in-your-face flavor most of the time but a steady diet of butt-kicker cigars is not for me. A Hemingway is a welcomed, reliable and always enjoyable diversion from whatever else is happening in my cigar-or-otherwise life.
I am NOT a fulltime Fuente whore but I might be Carlos’ bitch every once in a while.
If you have never tried one, you should. If you can’t find one to try, pm me.
