Two Guys Cigar Blog

2001 Partagas 898 and 2007 Bitch Grenache

So I decided since today is grenache day that id open a bottle of wine and smoke a cigar to accompany it.  Decided to go with a more spicy cigar due to my past experiences with grenache’s sweetness.  I went with a Party 898 mostly because it was a a cigar that i knew what the cigar would deliver.   This cigar was constructed perfectly and had no real visible veins in the wrapper.  The pre-light draw was very earthy, so i torched the foot and was hit with a great aroma to me there is very few cigars that smell like a Partagas.  The nose on this cigar was fantastic it had a creamy spiciness that was very interesting.  As i got to the middle of the cigar or so i noticed it picking up some buttery flavors which was a bit unexpected but very nice.  If i had to describe the second half of this cigar it would be like waking up in the morning after camping and making toast on the still red embers from the night before.  just a smokey butteryness  that was totally fantastic. The wine went quite nicely with this cigar.  The initial nose was sour cherries and lots of ripe red fruit.   This is one of the few wines i have drank that really delivers almost exactly what the nose would suggest.  lots of cherries and strawberrys and a decent amount of alcohol.  It was a bit thin and watery in consistency but it was a bit bigger than the way it was presented.  It was a very interesting pairing as the spiciness played well off the sour cherry notes in the wine. Overall id give the cigar a 94  the wine a 92.