Reviews for Punch Coronations Tubed Cigar - Box of 25

Lovely wrappers on these, not like with some of the older Limitadas. Also some actual Montecristo flavour in the profile. Rich, darker chocolate, coffee bean, cream and leather (which builds mostly in the second half) and a somewhat nicaraguan-esque deep earthiness throughout but with just a little black pepper zing. Solid medium to full, building in intensity in the final third. Not a great deal of evolution, mostly a build in intensity, but the leather comes out much more in the back third. Got pretty hot in the final third but this should fade with some years of good aging. These need at least 12 months as they stand really, but they have a lot of legs on them to age for many years. There are still plenty of regular production cigars which I would much prefer, even ignoring the extra price for the EL, especially with a few years on them, but certainly an enjoyable smoke.

Strength was OK and flavour wasn\\0092t too bad, but what let down this decidedly average cigar was its construction. The wrapper leaves had started to detach in several places and, probably as a consequence, it tended to burn very unevenly. In terms of taste, it was definitely a cigar of two halves. Build quality aside, the latter stages of the smoke were far more pleasurable because it did seem to develop in flavour as time progressed. However, as the cigar only lasted for around 30 minutes in total the pleasure was negated by its assemblage and the overall mediocrity of it.

A pleasurable experience which introduces a variety of different flavours (all good) throughout the course of a 30 minute or so smoke. It produced a decent hit of nicotine without being overly

A wonderful cigar with plenty of flavour and a good strength. All feels right with the World after smoking one of these. Definitely one of my favourites and I will most certainly purchase more of them again.

I have smoked many a cigar and love most of these but some of these stand out and need a story to be told. Let me compare this cigar, if it this is at all possible with some others. Until last year my favourite smoke used to be R&J Churchill and MC #2. Those are very fine cigars indeed with the former being milder and smoother than the MC. The problem with MC however for me has been the inconsistent finish of the cigars. Out of the two of my last boxes of 25 I was unable to smoke at least 15% of them as they were made too tight. However if you get a good one they are one of my favourite torpedo cigars with a full flavour. Having written about two cigars let me now come to this very one. It is the finest I have ever smoked. The build quality is excellent and all the cigars have burnt well with a nice draw to them. The smoke is smooth yet strong but not overwhelmingly so. My other recent cigar of choice is the Esplendidos and these two are similar yet the latter is smoked when I need a little more strength in a cigar. I know that it is on the expensive side but I rather buy a box of these and know that each one will be as good as the last one than buy a cheaper box to get inconsistent or unsmokable cigars. Nothing ruins an evening more than taking a cigar out and not being able to smoke the thing. Regards Rahul written by Rahul Sharma