A Montecristo White Vintage Connecticut and an Upcoming Local Event

Yesterday an event was brought to my attention happening here in south-east Pennsylvania that sounds like a great time. Of course, cigar events these days are few and far between, so I’m going to get behind this one! If you’re a golfer and you’re in the south-eastern PA area (or willing to travel) and are looking for a great day of eating, smoking, golfing and all that goes with it, check out this event. I’ve been to many of Goose’s events and they are always top notch. You can’t beat the food, cigars and golf offered with this deal! You can download the registration form here.  I’ll be watching this event very closely! There may even be special guests!

 

 

Since I had Montecristo on my mind, I selected a Montecristo cigar from my humidor yesterday. I had spent the morning running the chipper cleaning up a cedar tree that my son had taken down for us the previous evening. Mulching all those branches did me in, so I cleaned up and relaxed on the porch with a Montecristo White Vintage Connecticut Double Corona. First, it’s not really a double corona, it’s more of a toro, 6¼” x 50, which is fine with me. In all honesty, there aren’t a lot of Montecristos that float my boat, and the regular Montecristo White series really doesn’t do anything for me. That’s being generous, I actually just don’t like it, and I don’t say that about many cigars. The White Vintage Connecticut is a totally different story. The wrapper is a Vintage Connecticut Shade (Grown in U.S.A. in Montecristo Exclusive Farms, Exclusive to Altadis U.S.A.), the binder is Nicaraguan and the fillers are Dominican, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian. Perhaps its the U.S. wrapper that makes the difference, perhaps it’s the addition of the Peruvian in the filler, but this cigar is delicious to me. It’s buttery smooth, of course, and creamy, with plenty of body and a little strength, but not so much as to be off-putting, but enough to let you know you were smoking a cigar. This would be a wonderful cigar for the golf course. If I happen to attend this event (I may borrow my daughter’s clubs and pretend I golf! Is there some way I can fake it?) I’ll take one of these along. To recap, for me, if I’m choosing a Monte white, it’s going to be in the Vintage Connecticut line, for sure.

 

This Wednesday blog post is coming to you on Thursday, I got lazy and didn’t get it together yesterday. Every now and then I break with tradition. Stuff happens. E-mail subscribers won’t know the difference! That’s all for today, until the next time,

 

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  1. Patrick Hosler

    The right amount of Peruvian leaf in a cigar blend turns an ordinary cigar into a special cigar.