{"id":14573,"date":"2016-02-04T17:39:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=14573"},"modified":"2016-02-04T22:14:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T20:14:38","slug":"extraordinary-especiales-tasting-in-cologne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/extraordinary-especiales-tasting-in-cologne\/","title":{"rendered":"Extraordinary Especiales Tasting In Cologne"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was time again to meet up with Frank at the LCDH in Cologne <\/a>and he invited Jan who invited Michel and I took Andreas along to make it a round-table affair.<\/p>\n

Of course each of us took cigars to share with the others – I knew Michel was having a good surprise in store for us but didn’t know the extent of the surprise … it was a truly sensational selection he brought with him.<\/p>\n

Andreas and I arrived early after a relaxed 1h45 drive and while waiting for our friends I smoked a Partagas from the Book while Andreas failed with a plugged Cuaba and went for the RA 898 ER Alemania – good choice.<\/p>\n

The others arrived on time and the serious smoking began.<\/p>\n

Michel had vintage sticks of Davidoff Laguito Nr 1 from ’91, Cohiba Lancero from ’07, Veguero Especiales Nr 1 from ’99 and ERM Grandes de Espa\u00f1a from ’92.
\nHad I known in advance that it was going to be a Especiales tasting I’d have brought the Bolivar Especiales Nr 2 as well …. well, next time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The cigars were exceptional, all of them, incl. the ERM which had a bit of a tight draw.
\nMost intriguing and elegant tasting. A real pleasure for us all to share these cigars and truly overwhelmed by the aromas and taste of these cigars.<\/p>\n

My personal rating would be :<\/p>\n

1) Davidoff
\n2) Veguero
\n3) Cohiba
\n4) ERM<\/p>\n

After this “special” Especiales tasting I passed MC 520 around. A really good cigar and after all the previous elegance it was a bit like a streetfighter kicking ass.<\/p>\n

It was time for a bit of food and in order to keep smoking we just picked up some very good Turkish fare next door and brought it down to the lounge.<\/p>\n

Last cigar for me was the ERM ER Espa\u00f1a Short Robusto passed around by Jan which left a very good impression. Jan also passed around some older Opus X while Andreas gifted us 98′ Bolivar Lonsdales and Frank threw in the RA 898 ER Alemania for good measure.<\/p>\n

It was an excellent no BS smoking session among good friends with good cigar talk and good fun. I even received an empty Noellas glass jar that came out of the blue. Merci Marc and Jan !<\/p>\n

Had Pitter Heinrichs not closed the door at 8 pm we’d most probably be still there …<\/p>\n

Thanks guys – it was a real pleasure !<\/p>\n

Nino<\/strong><\/p>\n

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