La Gloria Cubana (D.R.) Glorias Petit

when you only have 10 or 15 minutes...you can't go wrong.

These little buggars are alot of taste for a little bit of money... they're as smooth as you can expect from such a small cigar wtihout cuban tobacco, creamy and chocolatey.

I have smoked both the natural and maduro versions of this stick. The maduros are better then the naturals.

I am a big LGC fan and I have smoked a few tins of these smokes. However, you do get some bad ones. I pulled one out this evening and gave up 1/3 of the way because I felt as if I was trying to suck-start a Harley to keep it lit. I pulled out a second one and had the same problem. The third one was wonderful. Great little ash and a distinctive LGC flavor.

DATE: 2006/05/07
REVIEWER: Timothy "Texan_To_The_End" Piper
CIGAR: L.G.C. Glorias Petit Maduro
SIZE: 4.5" X 32
ORIGIN: Dominican
WRAPPER: Ecudoran
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Dominican, Nicaraguan
SHAPE: Small Panatella
AGE: In my humidor since 2005/06/27
VENDOR: Local B&M about .90 cents each.
AMBIENCE: 8AM on a sunny Sunday morning. Front porch rocking
chair, warm and a bit humid.
BEVERAGE: Black coffee
APPEARANCE: Hard lumpy black wrapper which was almost black.
PRE_LIGHT: Not much taste or smell except for the maduro wrapper
chich might have been dipped in cocoa.
DRAW: As with most of these tiny cigars, an easy draw. This
does make it easy to smoke them too fast.
FIRST_THIRD: This little cigar has a very similar taste profile to
the Santa Rosa maduro except for no coffee taste.
Creamy smoke and a buttery/cocoa taste.
SECOND_THIRD: Smoke taste developed into really buttery flavor that
went perfectly with the coffee.
FINAL_THIRD: With a cigar this small, it was finished before I got
to the final third.
BURN: Too small to have any burn problems.
ASH: Light grey solid ash with yellow center.
SMOKE: A lot of smoke for a cigar this small.
STRENGTH: Mild
FLAVOUR: More of that gooood cocoa-butter.
FINISH: The taste of these mixed with morning coffee is a thing
I really enjoy. I usually have about three of these
per week with an early morning cup.
SMOKE_TIME: 35 minutes.
IMPRESSION: I plan on keeping these stocked for the occasions when
a small cigar is called for. I'm not sure how age will
effect them, but I have a few tins put back for age
testing. I smoke these new or from the humidor and
they don't vary in taste. An extremely consistent
tasting cigar.
RATING: 7 out of a possible TEN wooden matchsticks.
COMMENTS: The only negative about this cigar is that the almost
black wrapper bleeds color onto lips or fingers. You
need to check the mirror after smoking.

a cigar....decent

For less than a buck, you don't expect a lot...and this one delivers. Kind of ratty looking with an even burn and a mild, inoffensive, if unexciting flavour.