Partagas Coronas Senior

📌 Brand: Partagás
📌 Line: Coronas Senior
📌 Size: Corona (5 1/4" × 42, Tubo)
📌 Weight: 7.9 g
📌 Age: 60+ years
📌 Origin: Cuba

Tasting Notes

• Faint Cedar – Barely noticeable woody hint

• Paper & Hay – Flat, muted core

• Dusty Earth – Dry, aged character

• Bitter Herbal – Subtle but unbalanced edge

First Impressions

The 1960s Corona Major comes in its aluminum tube, showing age and patina. The wrapper is dull and fragile with some dryness. Pre-light aroma is faint, mostly dusty cedar. Cold draw feels loose and hollow, a sign of underfilling.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Opens extremely mild, almost flavorless, with faint cedar and hay. Smoke output is thin.

• Second Third – Dusty earth develops slightly, but the cigar remains bland and unengaging.

• Final Third – Slight bitter herbal note creeps in, with the profile still flat. Underfilling is evident in the airy draw.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Sandeman 10 Year Tawny Port, bringing sweetness and fruit that the cigar lacks.

• Tea – Earl Grey, citrus and bergamot to add life to the muted flavor.

Music Pairing

“Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More” – The Allman Brothers,

mellow and reflective, like the tired cigar.

Final Thoughts

The Partagás Corona Major from the 1960s is more of a relic than a rewarding smoke. While construction was acceptable for its age, the underfilled body and faded flavors left the experience bland and forgettable.

Final Score: 4/10
Why not a 10?
Flavors were muted and one-dimensional, the draw was airy from underfilling, and the cigar lacked any memorable transitions.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.