Women of Cigarfest 2010
May 9, 2010
Romeo y Julieta Aniversario (Short Ashes)
Several years ago, I believe it was back around Christmas of 2006, I saw a sale on the JR Cigars website that I couldn’t pass up. The deal featured a gift box that included a ceramic Romeo y Julieta ashtray with a handful of cigars to go along with it. I believe there were a couple Romeo y Julieta Reserve Maduro, Reserva Real, 1875, and Aniversario.
At the time I was fond of the RyJ Maduro as well as a sucker for ceramic ashtrays. For a price right around $35.00, I just couldn’t pass it up and placed my order. The ashtray saw a fair amount of use before being set aside for a Stinky Cigar Ashtray. As for the cigars, I smoked most of them but eventually grew away from the line. The remaining cigars found themselves tucked away in a dark corner of my coolidor.
Wanting to smoke something a little different on a Saturday morning, I decided to go digging and see what I had lying around in a cooler that doesn’t get opened much. One of the first cigars I came across was the Romeo y Julieta Aniversario. When I saw it, it brought back fond memories of my early days of cigar smoking.
Being caught up in those fond memories, I decided to light it on up and pair it with a cup of coffee. The result was much different than I would have expected. Take a few minutes to check out the video below and see how this cigar from 2006 performed as a first cigar of the day.
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Yeah the Aniversario is a consistent line R&J comes out with. I’ve had a lot of good luck with this stick as far as Romeo’s go. My guess is that maybe all the age made it a bit funky. Still want to get my hands on the Reserva Real Maduro’s that just came out recently. Thanks for the review Walt!
Nice review Walt and bummer the cigar was a LOSER. Happens
Pretty wierd for RyJ. Sounds like they tried an experiement and it was a failure.
Cigar ADD … nice.
Still liked this and your Ashton review. Nice way to enjoy things while finishing up my Punch Double Corona, and looking forward to a much milder but equally as good Nording.
Thanks for the review!
Cheers
I’m with Matt, this cigar has been consistently good when i’ve smoked it. Nothing to write home about as far as I can see, but I’ve got some stogie friends that would disagree! lol, as always, nice review Walt. Keep em’ comin’!
Mature wrapper cigar do not age well. I happened to me the same thing with the Black Partagas. They smoked very good at first but after a few months they tasted blunt and harsh.