Montecristo White Series Vs Vintage Connecticut Dominican Cigar Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In this video, Charles-Philippe reviews the Montecristo White Series and compares it with the Montecristo White Series Vintage Connecticut side-by-side!
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01:47 - Cigars Overview
Both cigars are produced in the Dominican Republic at the Tabacalera de García factory. The original White Series was designed as a complement to its Cuban counterpart and the Vintage Connecticut was released to showcase the USA's Connecticut tobacco.
Both have a similar composition of Dominican and Nicaraguan filler and a Nicaraguan binder. However, the Vintage Connecticut uses an American wrapper from 2008 as well as an additional Peruvian leaf in the filler.
03:14 - Look & Feel
Both have a firm and even construction. The original White Series is slightly dark whereas the Vintage Connecticut is rather pale. Otherwise, their wrappers deliver oily sheens with pleasant aromas. The original White Serise revealed haylage, raisins, and nutmeg. Meanwhile, the Vintage was spicier with notes of anise, birch, and cinnamon.
04:20 - Prelight
Both cigars offer an excellent pre-light draw. The original White Series hints at aromas of dried apricot, vanilla, and hazelnut. As for the Vintage, is still spicier with flavours of tonka bean, cocoa, and nutmeg.
04:53 - Tasting Notes
The original White Series offers a first third of latte coffee, cashew nuts, and vanilla. The Vintage Connecticut shared this latte coffee nuts but its nuttiness was closer to hazelnuts, and leather instead of vanilla.
The original's second third revealed butterscotch, white pepper, and roasted thyme. Instead, the vintage was closer to chargrilled sage and malt. However, it also featured some white pepper.
Finally, the original's last third delivers ginger, molasses, and oak. However, the vintage provided white pepper, dried earth, and oak.
Overall, both are very smooth and creamy in flavour. However, the Vintage Connecticut offers a great evolution, more personality, and a lingering finish.
07:56 - Burn
Both cigars had a good draw and provided a cool smoke. Similarly, their burns were wavy at times but the Vintage Connecticut was superior in correcting itself. Conversely, the original White Series had a stronger ash backbone whereas it tended to fall without warning on the Vintage Connecticut.
08:43 - Overall Experience
Both have an identical main band but the original White Series has a small and understated second band. Meanwhile, the Vintage Connecticut has a large band with a detailed drawing of a tobacco field. The boxes are very different too. The original White Series is reminiscent of a Cuban cigar box with lots of embellishment. However, the Vintage Connecticut is more premium with a lacquer finish.
Both are great cigars for a variety of occasions. The original White Series is an excellent crowdpleaser and the Vintage Connecticut can be reserved for more special occasions. Nevertheless, the pricing is similar. The White Series costs $12 for a single whereas the Vintage Connecticut is commonly around $14.
12:48 - Pairings
Although the cigars are similar in body, we have different pairing suggestions. For instance, the original White Series would be nice with fudge or candied fruit whereas the Vintage Connecticut is better with savoury options like French fries or nuts.
Both would go well with latte coffee. Yet, we would suggest a Campbeltown Scotch or a Riesling white wine for the original. The Vintage Connecticut would be better with an aged rum or even Champagne, especially if you also have French fries!
12:47 - Conclusion
Both cigars performed well and received 5 stars using the Cigar Formula with the Vintage Connecticut scoring a few more points. The White Series is milder and more mellow with an overall smooth and sweet profiled. Conversely, the Vintage Connecticut is a little more complex with more personality and a generally savoury character.
Already tried either White Series cigar or have any questions? Leave us a comment to let us know your thoughts!
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Excellent and comprehensive review. Thank you!
Thanks for your feedback!
Rafael
Pro quality review. Nice scientific & qualitative analysis. Great content and very classy video. Thanks!
Much appreciated! Glad you liked it!
Great Video! I enjoyed my first Vintage Connecticut yesterday.. In hind sight my experience was very similar to your review, but at the time I couldn't process all the nuances .
Great to hear that you enjoyed it and thanks for the kind words! Have you had an original White Series? How does it compare to you?
I smoked a vintage Connecticut this past week. It's not worth the extra $$$ in my opinion. It's a good cigar, but the flavors are essentially the same to me. The vintage white seemed a bit stronger and did last a lot longer. Great review!
Thanks for sharing! Fair enough, they are some strong similarities between the two and the Vintage isn't necessarily going to be better for everyone.
Well Done, Chap!
Thank you, much appreciated!
I'm a big fan of the vintage! 😊
Both are great smokes!
Rafael
Peruvian tobacco is added for a increase in body level within the filler and it also adds a back end creaminess to the blend to create complexity and balance.
That makes sense and thanks for your input. Indeed, the Vintage Connecticut appears to offer a fuller body as well as additional substance to the cigar's complexity when compared to the original white series.
It's unbelievable that you can pick out all those notes. Half the flavors you enumerate, I probably couldn't even tell you what they are if you'd present them fresh to me. You're like a chef. Your knowledge of uncommon flavors is that advanced, lol. I'm at a point in my cigar journey where I can definitely pin point a variety of flavors in different cigars, some of which I know means I'll enjoy a particular cigar while others not so much. There are still some that are completely new to me, too. In the case of both those MC White, I have to say that unfortunately, I much preferred the original White over the Vintage. I say unfortunately because I am quite fond of actual US Connecticut wrappers and I cherish the history of the Connecticut Valley over the Ecuadorian. What has happened to said valley over the course of time is rather sad. It once flourished with tobacco fields as far as the eye could see. It is now a mere shadow of it's past glory. Back to those particular cigars, I have to say, however, that the original White's construction was very disappointing. It suffered from a tight draw and overly moist tobacco (despite both cigars having been kept in my humis at around 65%RH for months) that sort of ruined my experience. Thankfully, I have more and will leave them resting for much longer. I blame poor storage conditions prior to their arrival at my door step. However, the flavors I got from the original White were much smoother and nicer in my opinion. The Vintage offered a rather grassy, slightly bitter and spicier (white pepper?). Not what I came to expect from a Connecticut wrapped cigar. Great review(s), as always, Mr. CP.
Thanks, that's very kind! The two things that really helped in expanding a vocabulary in flavours and notes were cooking and fragrances. Before cigars, we covered a lot more fragrance content on Bespoke Unit (we still do now) and we were able to build associations between their certain smells and the experience in a cigar. Cooking and experimenting with different ingredients (especially from your own herb garden) only reinforces this and also helps build an understanding of pairings and accords. As for the enumeration of different flavours, that's largely because we prepared notes with several cigar samples before the camera was rolling. Nowadays, we do a more spontaneous video format where it's our first impressions. It's a little more approachable and less overwhelming.
By the way, I agree, the original White Series is more balanced and has a smoother profile, which I personally prefer.
Outstanding
Thank you!
Who else here CANNOT taste dried fruit, vanilla or Tonka Truck? What I mostly taste even in mild cigars is some form of spice or pepper. Leather? Coco or even cocoa? This makes smoking cigars sound so pretentious.
The vintage is really light and tastes like a old ladys purse with a hint of burnt hay on the retrohale. I made it to the second third not my style.
Old lady's purse! I love that because I know exactly what you mean!
So dull, get on with it!
Thanks for the feedback...
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Bespoke Unit 😂 nice sense of humor, cheers.