Partagás Legados Edición Limitada 2020

📌 Brand: Partagás
📌 Line: Legados
📌 Size: Grand Corona (Hermoso No2, 6 1/8" × 48)
📌 Weight: 13.4 g
📌 Age: 5 years
📌 Origin: Cuba

🔥 Tasting Notes

• Dark Cedar – Rich and slightly sweet core

• Black Pepper – Bold, classic Partagás spice

• Cocoa – Subtle depth through the middle

• Earth – Dense, slightly dry finish

First Impressions

The Partagás Legados comes well presented with a dark, oily wrapper and solid construction in hand. It feels firm and evenly packed. Pre-light aroma reveals cedar, cocoa, and spice. The cold draw is good, offering a balanced mix of sweetness and pepper.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Opens with bold cedar and pepper, delivering a medium-full profile with good initial balance. Smoke output is solid.

• Second Third – Cocoa and earth begin to develop, but the burn line starts to drift and requires a correction.

• Final Third – Burn issues continue, requiring additional touch-ups. Flavors remain decent but lose some refinement due to the constant corrections.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Ron Zacapa 23 Solera (Guatemala) - Caramel, vanilla, and dried fruit help smooth the cigar’s spice and counter the harshness from burn corrections.

• Tea – Chinese Keemun Mao Feng Black Tea - Cocoa-like notes and gentle sweetness complement the cigar’s cedar and spice.

Music Pairing

“Gimme Shelter” – The Rolling Stones
Dark, intense energy matching the cigar’s bold opening.

Final Thoughts

Partagás Legados offers a bold, spice-driven profile with cedar and cocoa, but ongoing burn issues reduce the overall refinement and enjoyment.

Final Score: 7/10
Why not a 10?
Repeated burn problems and required corrections interrupted the flow and affected the cigar’s balance.

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