[PLEASE NOTE: regardless of which installment of this multi-post project you come in on, you can find the rest of the entries by employing the Search Kaplowitz Media. function to the right of your screen. Try typing in "Partagas Project." Thank you.] (edited for clarity 3/29 and again 4/23)
You know how after a sitcom 'jumps the shark,' they introduce a new character, usually a cute kid with a 'tude, in order to inevitably fail at revitalizing the series? THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I EVEN BROUGHT IT UP. Everything is just fine here at Kaplowitz Media.
With that out of the way, let's get to this, this 'Partagas Project.' During it, I will be writing somewhat of a weekly review of the Partagas Anejo in its Petit Robusto iteration. Each of the 10 reviews will be written of a different offering (same viola/box). Time-wise, then, this won't speak overly to the aging process (these are quite 'anejo' anyway) but mainly toward the idea of consistency.
That, and to my immense talents as both taster and writer. Author, even.
Each review will be written (authored) in a different style, which may be of some sort of benefit, if not boon, unto itself. Here is a subject-to-change what-to-expect. To be clear, you are currently reading the Intro. Also, the Overview will be a recapitulative culmination as well as deeper dive into the components of this cigar, and of this series, as required at that point.
1. Intro (about the blend & project)
2. Review (Regular)
3. Review (Sherlock Holmes)
4. Review (Something quirky)
5. Review (Cigar Aficionado style)
6. Review (Limerick)
7. Review (Long-form)
8. Review (Flavor wheel)
9. Review (Kaplowitz Scale review)
10. Review (Doggeral poem)
11. Review (Primary tastes)
12. Overview
I'll conclude here with just a partial-tick more about this blend. It is a barber-pole offering put forth to feature a 1998 Cameroon wrapper, as well as a 2013 Connecticut Shade. (The rest of the specs will be listed below.) Anejos, or aged (old) as both nom de tobacco and theme is due to wanting to highlight Partagas's "long association with Cameroon wrappers," & continues Matt Wilson (Senior Brand Manager, via press release), to bring the said association to a "new level."
Similarly, I do hope this serves to bring myself, as well, to a new level. Even as I (cautiously, optimistically) don my leather motorcycle jacket, grab my water-skis, and head out to my date with a shark.
WRAPPER: Cameroon/Connecticut Shade
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Mexican, Dominican
FORMAT: Petit Robusto (4.5x49)
ORIGIN: General Cigar Dominicana
INTENSITY: Medium (per manufacturer)
4/23/22: To find entries of this series, simply type "Partagas Project" into the Search Kaplowitz Media. field to the right of the screen.
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