Some time before smoking my first PAN exclusivo I visited CA's rating area to find out what others had to say --"herbs,spice,nutmeg,chocolate,floral,white chocolate,red wine,macadamia,labluub juice(!),cedar, cocoa,molasses,cherrywood,caramel,buttery,leathery,cinnamon,coffe,seeet,berries,espresso,black pepper,ripe berries,deep mocha,..."-- and I thought, with slight overtones of cynacism and a hint of skepticsm, these guys must be joking. Are they smoking it or eating it? Are they blessed/afflicted with hyper-sensitve sensors that I don't possess, simply full of ****, or perhaps a little of both?
Well, I smoked it while on the interstate one recent cold and snowy night. I immediately thought, wow this is one of my best ever. I lost myself in other thoughts when, in a very slight/subtle manner, I sensed blackcherries (of all things). Well, I just had an epiphany. Alone. In the middle of nowhere. My perspective was adjusted -- I no longer read reviews the same way. Reviewers will continue to attempt describing a good complex smoke in more ways than they perhaps should. Me, I'll keep the blackcherry reference to myself, and when asked to describe my favorite cigar I will borrow from Travolta to Thurman in Pulp Fiction when asked about the milkshake, and say "Thats one f**king good cigar".
I'm rambling. Slow day at work here. Anyone know what labluub juice is? With my luck is a sexual thang and I will be exiled.