[Dipteran]

Lots of publicity about this cigar, and much interest, so I thought I'd give a brief review of
sticks from a box from the Jose Marti factory, June 2002. This will just confirm the thread below, and perhaps stand as an interim report on how the cigar is ageing.

Without a doubt, this PSD3 ranks in the top three or four cigars I've had in the last two years (that's about 225). Impeccably constructed with a glistening maduro wrapper, it smells and tastes wonderful, though still in its youth. From the beginning one gets a wonderful complex flavor: dark chocolate, cinnamon, and honey. To me it tasted like Mexican hot chocolate--the thick kind spiced with cinnamon. The complexity stayed throughout the smoke, with a few floral notes developing toward the end. It lasted, at a UPR of 1/min, about 1 hr. and 15 minutes.

Draw was impeccable, ash a bit flaky at first but turning firmer and lighter gray as the smoke progressed. It was (surprisingly to me) a STRONG smoke. When I stood up to flush the butt, I was a bit dizzy, and it takes a powerful cigar to do that to me.

While wonderful now, I suspect that after a year or two this cigar will develop into a prized, world-class stick. Buy those boxes now!

 

[relaxnsmoke]

Thanks Dipteran, I can never hear too much about PSD#3EL. A wonderful cigar. rns

 

[jimmy]

in my typical fashion i could not wait any longer to try these again. i have a fairly fresh box, sitting for maybe 2 months. i decided to bring some out for me and 3 friends. of the 4 sticks 3 were so tight that they were what i would call unsmokable. headache to try. got PO'ed and tossed them. i tried 2 more throughout the weekend, and same thing. i felt around in the box and most of the rest of them felt very very 'solid' or tight. i did get one that burnt perfectly and of course was wonderful. i have smoked 'solid' sticks before that i thought would be hard to draw but ended up being fine. these were not the case.
any suggestions on what i might want to do with this box? report to where i bought them? it is a authorized dealer.
defintely ordering another box soon though, along with the rest of the EL's when they are available to me.
thanx
jimmy

 

[dvickery]

jimmy
of the 6 or so ive had 1 was tight(unable to draw)...so i just set it down and got another smoke.next day it smoked ok.i think it is just that they are young.

derrek

 

[sgoselin]

This is one cigar that just does not do it for me. I have tried a half dozen now gifted from different sources. I have found it to be a young very rough cigar with very litle complexity. Perhaps it will age well, but for now I fail to see what all the commotion is about. JMHO!

 

[relaxnsmoke]

Perhaps it will age well, but for now I fail to see what all the commotion is about. JMHO!

I was very impressed with this cigar, I agree with Dipteran, I probably smoked around 225 cigars this past year too, with this one being in my top 3!

Now I'm really getting pumped about those old ceegars you have!

I'm so new at this though that any criteria used by me is within the past 10 months of cigar smoking. Also 90% of the leaf I smoke is from sotisom (someplace other than).

Damn! Now I suppose there is a whole different level of cigar out there! Time to re-finance, double dip, extend the limit and sell the farm! It never really never ends. Madness!

 

[sgoselin]

Madness indeed.

 

[drill]

i myself am in agreement with steve on the psd3's
they just havent impressed me at all.
i do have a couple of boxes but they are sitting and resting ,
not even here but at others houses lol
hopefully they will come around someday

so far on the whole i have to give the whole entire LE line
a mediocre at best rating.

just my opinion, if you like them great !
thats why they make so many different kinds of cigars
cause we all have different tastes.

k

 

[jimmy]

anyone else get any hints or flavors of black licorice? i had another tonight and noticed that sort of flavor. i don't like black licorice, so i think it turned me off about half way through. maybe my taste buds were having an off night...at least i hope so.

 

[MADURO_MAS_DURO]

GOOD CHIT!

 

[cashcow]

Have you tried the Series D #2?

I like these as some of the best I have had.