FONSECA COSACO

If I keep trying Cuban cigars I’m pretty much going to hate everything else I have in the Ark…that being said the other day I decided to try another Cuban cigar; Fonseca Cosaco! 

Country: Cuba

Wrapper: Cuba

Strength: Light-Medium

Length: 4.8

Ring Gauge: 40

Here is another unusual format, this time from Fonseca.  A little shorter than the Mareva and the Londres and with the same guage as the latter.  Very affordable and ideal for beginners in the world of Cuban cigars!

This is another free Cuban I received from Bell Hop.  What I find interesting about the Fonseca brand is most of their cigars come wrapped in tissue paper and it is a pain in the dick to get off!  That being said this was yet another amazingly smooth and tasty smoke from that country who had the balls to place Nukes 100 miles from the continental United States thus dooming its existence to a never ending embargo from said U.S.A. who’s still super butt-hurt over the whole Cuban Missile Crisis!  I’m gonna go off on a tangent here for a second…it’s pretty ridiculous that we can’t bury the hatchet with Cuba!  Last summer the United States and the People’s Republic of Vietnam conducted Joint military maneuvers in the South China Sea!  Let’s see here the United States lost around 58,000 soldiers and the Vietnamese lost an estimated 800,000 civilians and soldiers as a result of that conflict and we’re doing joint military exercises together.  In comparison the Bay of Pigs invasion netted around les s than 10 dead Americans and around 114 dead Cuban exiles!  Really?  We can bury the hatchet with Vietnam and not Cuba!  Talk about a grudge!  Retarded!  Bad form on both parties! 

Anyway the Fonseca like the Ramon Allones was more of a Corona size cigar and although not as flavorful as the Allones Cuban Corona just as smooth and tasty!  The cut was true.  The cigar was well made which is no surprise for recent Cuban offerings.  The draw was a tad on the tight side but I had no problems with it after lighting.  The cigar burn true and had a nice ash.  The cigar was extremely mild yet tasty.  I noticed earthy hints along with a slight nutty flavor.  The smoke was very aromatic and pleasant!  This cigar is what it is, just a mild Cuban cigar with a good character and flavor.  I’d recommend the Cosaco to anyone trying a Cuban cigar for the first time.  I’m not sure you want to hit the ballsy ones right off the bat like I did (Partagas Serie D No. 4). 

Cheers!