Partagas Serie D No. 4 Cigar - 1 Single

Currently working my way through a box from Nov '10.Simply sublime cigars! They're never going to win any contests for their aesthetic appeal but the true beauty,as it should,lies within the wrapper.Sweet spice and the classic Cuban white pepper,much as you'd expect from the marque,but also some glorious and quite unexpected Digestive biscuit (Gram cracker) flavours in the first 1/3 and beautiful dark chocolate notes weaving their way in and out throughout the duration.This smoke is worth every penny of the price.Spend some time with it,you'll be very glad you did!!

Okay there are cigars with flavour, and there are cigars with flavour,and this is certainly the latter! The first few puffs simply released an explosion of spice, sweetness, leather, with hints of ginger and cinnamon, in an oily super smooth fire of peppers (without the heat of course!). The strength of the spice and richness of the flavours continued. Some floral tones creaping through in the after taste, with a lovely nutty roast. The tobacco is so damn rich and smooth that it literally felt like licking an ice-cream made from pure warm roasted Cuban leaf! Creamy and earthy flavours were also evident. Just a multi-tude of character beaming from this cigar! Even finding the leather rich, creamy and smooth that it just adds to the whole experience makeup. Overall, this is one of only a few cigars I have smoked that rigorously drowns you in a rich stew of flavours. Only problem was its increasingly feathery structure that did seem to collapse by the final few inches, resulting in multiple puffs just to get a good amount of smoke in it. Sadly more puffs per draw equated to an increase in leather intensity, infecting the other flavours.

Based on the other reviews here I think I must have had a bad stick, but the PSD4 I just had was rather disappointing, very little smoke, and what there was wasn't great. It livened up towards the end but overall a let down. I shall definitely be buying another just to see if I did have a bad one, and hopefully to see what this cigar is really capable of. written by Colin

Well, well....where to start? My pack of 3 arrived the day after i ordered, all 3 in perfect condition. Superb construction, no veins hardly and that wonderfull cuban aroma...i love the smell of them and when i open my humidor, i breath in and smell that smell...bliss! Sat outside in one of our hottest septembers on record, the cap cut with no problems, and as soon as this stick was cruising, the flavours so complex, i would sit there and contemplate them every pull would bring me deeper into relaxation and thought....a deep cigar! (without sounding like a hippie) A definate for all! written by Thomas Keene

Amazingly powerful and complex, this cigar provided me with a suprisingly long smoke (about an hour and a quarter). A big nicotine hit too! Will definitely try this one again. written by Adam H