Bolivar Royal Corona Cigar - Box of 25

Date Added: Friday 03 June, 2016 by Staff

Reviewed by Michael Polakow February 2001

First I have to thank my good friends at C.GARS Ltd. How did they know that one of my favorite cigars was the Bolivar Royal Corona? It must have been ESP, or some kind of stealth surveillance, because that's what showed up in my mailbox. Three absolutely perfect Robustos. Simon Bolivar is a great old line of cigars and was named after that great submarine USS SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641).

It was raining like crazy in Los Angeles, and I had been itching to get outside and smoke a cigar. Someone must have known that I was getting desperate, because suddenly it stopped raining. The sun came out from behind great white clouds, I was more than ready to light up. So, off to my favorite beach I went. Paradise Cove is just a few miles north of Malibu, cliffs and rocks isolate it from the tourists, what an exquisite place to enjoy exquisite cigars!

I took all three out and admired their beautiful construction. All were very close in color, a warm Colorado, the color of rich well worn leather and all had that pre-light aroma of woods, or maybe more of a meadow or field, a kind of subtle earthy musk fragrance. All were exactly 4 3/4 X 50 and only one had a really noticeable vein running a short distance, but when you're in love you tend to overlook such things.

I was eager to light up and as I did, some of the initial smoke wafted my way, I inhaled deeply so to enjoy the first flavors of the cigar. There I was sitting on my favorite beach with the sun warming my face and smoking a full bodied and consistently great smoke. Ah, life can be good!

This Bolivar provided a full easy draw and was cool from start to finish, a sure sign of great rolling and construction. This has always been very important to me, I want a cigar to come to me, I don't want to work at smoking. And that's one reason this Bolivar is one of my favorites.

As I sat and smoked I tried to pin down and define the flavor and the perfume of the smoke. The harder I thought, the more I tried, the further away the words went. I soon found myself simply sitting, gazing out, and smoking. I felt as if I were in a trance, time seemed to stop though it really was speeding by. My cigar was soon burned to the band and I sort of tumbled out of my meditation. I felt warm and contented, could a cigar do all this? I think this Bolivar can and did.

I know many people use words like nutty, spicy, nutmeg and cinnamon to describe the taste of this cigar, after much stupor and some thought I think I would rather use the words, powerful, rushing, full bodied, smooth, complex and immensely enjoyable.

After my day in the sand I then drove home to dinner and to sit on my patio in my rocking chair and consume the next Bolivar. Though this experience was somewhat more mundane, I was able to stay a bit more in the moment and note how well the cigar burned, not once did I need to re-light or to even out the burn. The ash was a very dark grey and somewhat ragged. It stayed until about an inch long when it abruptly and with little grace fell into my lap. The flavor was consistent throughout, though I think the first third was a might fuller and tastier.

The next afternoon I was able to polish off the last Bolivar and found it to be of equal taste and construction. This simply is why I love and highly recommend the Bolivar Royal Corona, it's very consistent. You simply know what you're getting. It might be stronger than some like, however, I'm one who wants to know in no uncertain terms when I have a cigar in my mouth and Bolivar makes it no secret. It smells great, tastes great and if I had to be marooned on a desert island with an unlimited supply of only one brand, this may well be it