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H. Upman Vintage Cameroon

Smoked: H. Upman Vintage Cameroon

H. Upman Vintage Cameroon features 3 bands, including one on the foot and a cedar sleeve. The wrapper is like fine sandpaper to the touch with numerous small veins and a couple larger ones. There is no give to a squeeze of the cigar – hard and dry. Could it use more time in the humidor? I feel adventurous. Let’s fire it up.

After the first attempts at a puff, I am already second guessing not putting it back in the humidor. The stick has an extremely tight draw. Even the Perfect Draw couldn’t loosen it up much. This persisted until the final third when it finally opened up enough to produce some smoke and taste any real flavors. Some minor wrapper issues appeared at the end.

Flavors are nut and wood dominant (somewhere between cedar and oak), earth, mild pepper and some floral notes, but the taste is bitter. It never really melded into a balanced flavor profile If I want a wood, nut, earth forward stick I’ll go with the SD Kudzu & Firethorn.

I am probably committing a mortal sin with much of the cigar world not showing a Cameroon some love. But… The Upman Vintage Cameroon is not a bad cigar. It just isn’t a good one. Meh!

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    100 TommyH2sT

    (2 months ago)

    It is a great cigar

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      100 chipc73

      (2 months ago)

      I agree. It's one of my top favorites. It's one of those when I say to myself after savoring one, "I sure am glad I bought a box of these."

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    100 TommyH2sT

    (2 months ago)

    Hey bear, it Seems like all your smokes lately have had tight draws or been on the dryer side maybe? ... I read all your reviews thoroughly every day. Have you checked your hygrometer? Something is going on. It's rare to have 3 - 4 cigars all different brands all have the same issues. Cheers brother Stay smokey!!

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      62 Bear On The Air

      (60 days ago)

      I check them daily. There is some variance, but some of these cigars were just recently purchased. You never know for sure how well they've been stored before you buy them. The Fuentes were purchased at a very reputable shop. I was deeply disappointed with the construction on those. I may be just going through a hitting slump (since baseball season is almost here).