Davidoff Aniversario Special R Tubos Cigar - 1 Single

The Aniversario series from Davidoff is my favourite series, that and the Nicaragua. The Special R is the perfect vitola. The 1st 1/3 is just ok, but the next two 3rds were unreal. Perfect burn line and perfect draw. The cigar has a slight marzipan sweetness which built up as I smoked through the last two 3rds. Very long and creamy finish. My favourite shade grown wrapped cigar.

Far from special. I realised Id only tried these once before many years ago, so thought I should give them another go. Excellent construction, perfect condition and moisture content, sickly pale wrapper with a hint of bloom and simply very little flavour. The first inch was almost tasteless, despite my palate being very fresh and lively. Not a hint of any bad flavours or harshness at all. The middle third improved a bit with very subtle hay, cream, pepper and doughy qualities with a trace of citrus. The final third started becoming hot and losing what little flavour it had very quickly. The finish was extremely light and short, leaving a taste of dry paper in the mouth. It was like smoking the ghost of a once great cigar, just nothing there now. You would do far far better, along these lines, to get an El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme or Padrón Dámaso, which are, in my opinion, vastly superior light cigars with far more to them.