Guest Quick Smoke: Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte Madrid
3 Jan 2009
Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief take on a single cigar. The following is a Guest Quick Smoke, submitted by a StogieGuys.com reader. If you’d like to submit your own for publication, please contact us.
I paid $25 and change for a box of 10 of these large (6.25 x 54) Hondurans from JR, and it was well worth it. The reddish-brown wrapper is similar to the Partagas Spanish Rosado Familia but better. Very complex, full flavors of leather, spice, and pepper. This is my all-time favorite cigar, especially after a Mexican dinner. Once you smoke one of these you will never find a better value.
Verdict = Buy.
-Submitted by Brian Weseman of Olean, NY
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Brian – Thanks for the contribution. I heartily agree with you. I think it's the best bargain in cigar-dom. And if you want to try another size, I just saw the latest JR catalog ("S-CHIP inventory sell-off!") with a great price on the 6×60 Seville: a box of 20 for $52.50.
Brain and George, I agree! Picked up 2 of the Madrid for free ($10 credit on acct) at the local ABC liq humidor. Gobs or smooth and creamy smoke, I appreciated the semi-sweetness combined with hints of leather and an incredible aroma. While hardly full strength (think Oliva Serie V when properly smoked), I found it anything but one dimensional but still not very complex. Great cigar for a great price, this stick is at least as successful as the Double Maduro line for SPanza, which I fell in love with many moons ago. I think this may replace the Carlos Torano Virtuoso line, or at least supplement it as a solid regular in my humidor. Thanks for the heads-up!