What's in a name? Or, for that matter, a number? Some times a dish at your local Chinese restaurant, but in a cigar, a nod to Cuban cigar tradicion on both counts. 'La Riqueza' is a classic cigar name from Habana, and any habanophile will list off his favorites by numbers; Montecristo no. 2, Partagas Serie D no. 4, etc. Tatuaje mastermind Pete Johnson shows his affection for Cuban cigar tradition with both the name of this line and the numbering of the vitolas.
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| La Riqueza no. 3 |
The La Riqueza no. 3 is a box-pressy 5 5/8 x 46 Nicaraguan puro. If I remember right, I paid $60 for the box on the Devil's auction site. Not terribly expensive, though these will run you $7-8 in a cigar shop.
Once liberated from the cellophane sleeve, A quick whiff at the foot yields a smell of musty leather, wood. The dry, toothy wrapper isn't particularly smooth, but has a couple moderate veins.
Initial woody notes with a gentle, white pepper spice in the first 1/2 inch. After that, the spice subsides, and the rest of the cigar 's flavors are mainly wood and coffee. Just a nice, medium-bodied flavor that didn't vary much over the hour it took to burn.
The no. 3 is a nice, polite cigar that is heavy on neither the palate nor the wallet. Just like the Chow Mein #21 with egg roll..
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