Description
WESLEY’S SHORT SELECTION R199.50
Too often today, you have to tailor your cigar smoking to a time and place – both limited. This is when a short slender cigar is the most satisfying. Here are three quality cigars that fit into a short time – with little diminution of flavour or enjoyment. Compare the Balmoral Oxford Tuitknak blend with the Cuban Shorts. Which is smoother, which has more natural flavour?
Compare both with the unique flavour of the leaf from Brazil ?
All three are perfect sizes for a 15-25 minute smoke.
Watchpoint: Relax and draw gently, so that you won’t destroy the fine flavour.
Gillian Wesley
Machine-made, short filler cigar from Cuba:
Cuban Shorts – Short Purito – 83mm x Ring 26
An exciting release from the best brands of Cuban cigars, Cohiba, Montecristo, Trinidad – perfect for when time is short but you want a real hit of deliciously rich but delicate flavours. 100% Cuban tobacco, blended to replicate the classic smooth and creamy original.
Machine rolled, these cigars usually offer more flavour than other non-Cuban cigars of the same size as they are made from the same Cuban tobacco leaves as the larger hand rolled Havanas, leaf grown in the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba. An excellent way to enjoy the rich mellow notes of Cuban tobacco in a short time. Short Puritos can last from 15-20 minutes – 20 minutes will give you the coolest smoke with the smoothest flavour.
Two short filler cigars from Europe: The short-cut filler leaf allows the natural aromatic oils to spread and blend, creating a light, easy-burning cigar.
Balmoral Oxford Tuitknak (91mm x Ring 32, diameter 12.6mm)
A superb hand-finished short-filler cigar, 100% tobacco, from the last independent cigar company in the Netherlands. The cigars have a Java binder and a rich, smooth Sumatra Sandblatt wrapper. The filler blend is carefully conceived with leaf from:
Cuba: Havana Remedios, from one of the protected Denomination of Origin regions. This is also the source of leaf for José L Piedra Cuban cigars.
Java: Indonesian Bezuki leaf native to East Java, for their distinctive aromatic flavour.
Brazil: Brazil leaf is dark brown to black in color after fermentation, with a mild to medium strength and rich flavor; it is very aromatic, and has a natural sweetness.
The unusual Tuitknak shape means that your light-up smoke is almost entirely rich, smooth Sumatra Sandblatt wrapper.
Candlelight Senoritas Brazil (95mm x Ring 30, Diameter 12mm)
Made in Germany, these are inexpensive, cello-wrapped, easy-to-smoke cheroots, cut ready to smoke. Slightly thicker than the Short Purito, these Senoritas will offer a satisfying amount of smoke with an easy draw.
Leaf from Brazil is often a naturally dark leaf from the north east area. It has a full earthy flavour and a slight sweetness. The filler consists of tobacco from Brazil and Indonesia with the dark Brazil wrapper. This dark, smooth leaf offers another beautiful rich small cigar at the less expensive end of the price scale.
This is a full bodied, slow burning small cigar – with far more flavour than its size suggests.