Partagas Astorias
Origin: Cuba
Size: 5.25 X 42
Wrapper: Natural

From Cuban Best Cigars:
This brand is named for it's founder, Don Jaime Partagas, who began manufacturing cigars in 1827, but put his own name on his line of cigars in 1845. After his death, the brand passed to Ramon Cifuentes in 1889 and was owned by Cifuentes y Cia. prior to nationalization, earning a mention by name in English novelist Evelyn Waugh's 1945 work, Brideshead Revisited. Partagas cigars also won gold medals in at least three international expositions between 1867 and 1884. There is no doubt about the full-bodied and earthy, intense flavour of this line and it is still produced in the Partagas factory.

Reviewed by: MrChef
Date: February 2003
Notes:

I love the Partagas line, both Cuban and Dominican, they are always well made and almost always a strong, full bodied smoke. This particular cigar however was quite a disappointment, it was harsh, bitter and just plain nasty. This was not due to lack of age as it had been resting in one of my humidors for over a year. It could just have been "one bad apple" or maybe this particular vitola just does not play out well,either way, I was not happy when I was finished. I'll never write off the Partagas line, but it should be noted that no one bats 1000.