Name: Chateau Ksara – Cuvée du Troisième Millénaire
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet-Franc, Petit Verdot, Syrah
Year: 2016
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Date Consumed: 4 December, 2022
Good wine in a good-looking bottle. Feels classic. Great to bring one with you when you’re invited for lunch or dinner. Deep purple. Full-bodied and playful. Notes of ripe strawberry, dried prune, and tiny hints of vanilla.
It scores 80/100.
Name: La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel Maduro
Country: Dominican Republic
Shape: Figurado Chisel
Size: (6 inches x 54)
Strength: Full
A strong, slow-burning, affordable cigar that I like to smoke frequently. Since it is a strong one, it is not a morning cigar and also not a late-night cigar. The best time to smoke an LFD Double Ligero Chisel Maduro is in the afternoon or in the evening. It goes well with drinks like peated whiskies, dark rums, and gold tequilas.
Moreover, I’d add that pairing Ernest Hemingway books with full-strength cigars like this one has been a fun experience for me. I should do it more often. I’m starting to like pairing cigars with books as well, not just with drinks.
Name: El Septimo Sacred Arts Raphael
Country: Costa Rica
Shape: Parejo
Size: Toro (6 inches x 50)
Strength: Medium to Full
I fell in love with El Septimo’s Sacred Arts collection from the moment I smoked the one called Salvador Dali. But then I smoked the Botticelli, and I was impressed by it even more. And then, when I tried the Raphael, I could only say, Chapeau bas!
The Sacred Arts collection is nothing short of amazing.
As for the one called Raphael, I smoked it at Whisky Live Beirut 2022, and it paired well with Chivas Regal 18.
Great smoke.
Bored Absurdist 