Caldwell Lost & Found Swedish Delight
Caldwell Lost & Found Swedish Delight robusto is mild bodied, med-mild strength. You hardly notice any nicotine. It’s another find in Robert Caldwell’s crusade through the hinterlands of the Dominican in search of the perfect, lost, aged bale. God Speed, Mr. Caldwell.
Flavors: cedar, creamy, earth, minerals, hard to clearly identify but the mineral notes are there, hay, leather, a hint of dark roast coffee on a few puffs, not sweet, kind of salty. It’s a different array of flavors that I’m used to tasting in a smoke but it just works.
During the final third the mineral note unmasks itself. It’s chalk. Not unpleasant -ust another interesting transition twist in the flavors of this cigar.
The retrohale was very mellow allowing the aromas of the leather, wood and hay to be more prominent than the usual pepper hit. That kicked up on the final third. Aw! There’s the pepper.
At first there’s a thin amount of smoke, although the output picked up by the second third Very white ash, tight, like layer of dimes stacked neatly at the end of the cigar. Construction: perfect draw start to finish. Initially, I thought I created an issue when toasting the foot. Noticed a slight scorch mark, but it didn’t affect the burn line. Now later the wrapper began to unravel on the final third. The stick did hold together despite this. The burn line was pretty even until the last third when it went sideways.
While smoking, I’m making mental notes. I keep thinking as pleasant an experience as it is, the cigar lacks complexity. After finishing, I can’t say that. It has enough going for it to make it an enjoyable smoke. The flavor components are simply different than I usually taste in combination. It could be the lack of sweetness, the substitute of salty for sweet, the mineral notes or simply the aging of the tobacco – a Caldwell standard.
This is a good cigar and one of the better sticks I have tried in the Lost & Found series.
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100 chipc73
(3 months ago)"Nice review," said this old Swede, adding, "Tack så mycket!" 😊
100 Bear On The Air
(3 months ago)Varsagod. I was the programming and marketing consultant for a radio station in Stockholm for a dozen years. Unfortunately, I struggled to pronounce in Swedish the name of the station - Vinyl 107. Vee-neel, hoondruh...quay? The staff would laugh. They were the nicest, friendliest folks with whom I worked. Market visits were business, but I was always treated like family. The evening DJ and music director went on to become Vice Mayor of Stockholm. He and the Operations Manager, LG, still stay in touch. When I was still on Facebook, several of the other Vinyl staff members and I were in touch. I miss those days. I miss those colleagues and friends in Sweden.
100 chipc73
(3 months ago)How interesting! Thank you.
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