La Galana Petit Toro and the adventure
La Galana Petit Toro and the adventure is meant in a positive way. Because this "little bull" is a wonderful way to spin adventurous thoughts. Wonderful, simply wonderful. Do you already know La Galana? The life artist and positive person Annette Meisl is the creator of a cigar world that the world needs. In her cigar salon La Galana in Cologne you enter a completely different world. The world of relaxation. Your brain airs out so much that it's almost perverse. There's one more thing: in the "Conclusion" chapter is the program Cigars ZEN with Annette Meisl. Watch the show, you'll be amazed by Annette.
A cigar test is subjective
Notice: How a cigar tastes is influenced by personal taste preferences, taste memories, the shape of the day, what you have eaten or drunk before. Even the lighting mood in the room has an influence on the experienced taste. The notes described here therefore do not have to match your own impressions.
Fact Sheet La Galana Petit Toro
- Format: Petit Toro (length: 115 mm / ring gauge: 54)
- Tobacco:
- Wrapper: Honduras
- Wrapper: Honduras
- Filler: Honduras
- Price: Status April 2021
- CHF 8.10 / box of 25 CHF 186.30
- EUR 7.00 / 25 BUNCH OR BOX EUR 175.00
- Buy cigar:
Personal impressions of pleasure
First half
- Tongue, palate: very slightly sweet / lots of cocoa bittersweet / pleasantly tart / wood
- Retronasal: Lots of roasted aromas of strongly burning light wood
- R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: HALLOOOO!!!!! A full load of roasted espresso bean aromas. Holy cow!
- Umami: juicy / meaty / roasted
- Strength 2/5
Second half
- PENG! INCREASE IN EVERYTHING!
- Strength 2/5
What is "retronasal"?
Retronasal cigar enjoyment enhances the taste. What it is and, why it works and how to do it please read here. Especially look at the ZiZo vacuum technology. Incredible increase in the enjoyment of the cigar!
What is the "R+ ZiZo vacuum technology"?
This is the consummate pleasure of a cigar. Hard to describe. I'll try. Here's an example: a baby sucking on a pacifier. Try this technique with a cigar. Very little smoke enters the mouth. But this passes over the tongue and goes right through the nose. I tried it on about 10 cigars before I mastered it. Please be very careful with this technique when practicing: the smoke got to the back of my larynx several times when I did this. It was really bad. But now that I can do it, it's an accomplished technique for enjoying a cigar.
What is umami?
This means "savory", "spicy", "essence", "meaty". This blending of taste sensations is perceived in the middle of the tongue. You can find a good article about it on Wikipedia.
Non Cuba cigars and the important acclimatization
Recommendation acclimatization: With cellophane 3 days in the humidor.
The fact is: You don't know when the cigar was imported and how long its resting period was at the importer. You also do not know how long the resting phase was at the dealer. The cigars have a shock after their transport from the tropics to us in Europe. They have to acclimatize first. The industry is sales-oriented. The cigars have to get to the retail market quickly. Therefore, it can happen that they do not taste as they should.
If you buy single copies
Place the cigar with the cellophane in the humidor. If your cigar does not have cellophane: Put them in tubos and then in the humidor. Or you can put the single cigar in a Zippo bag and put a small Boveda in it. Then you put it closed in the humidor. Cigars that are stored open without cellophane or a box lose their flavor very quickly. This is proven in this article with experiments.
Conclusion La Galana Petit Toro and the cigar Zen
I don't like light cigars. They taste too monotonous to me. La Galana is different. The tobacco from Honduras is excellent. The blend for this little bull is very successful. The balance between sweetness, bittersweet and a little acidity is very well balanced. The roasted aromas that you taste in the middle of the tongue and also when you enjoy this cigar retronasally are a real treat for me.
Little fat guy, that's what you could call the cigar (or me, but I'm currently losing weight wonderfully...).
Do you want to get to know Annette? Do you want to experience what an incredibly positive person she is? Then take some time to watch the program Cigar Zen with Annette Meisl. You'll be amazed!
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