Don Giovanni
Sigaro and Sigaretta cigar blends from D&R. $22LB
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- Don Giovanni Sigaretta
- Posted by taro_todoroki on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2013
A fascinating shag-cut hand rolling style tobacco. Stuffs like a charm too of course. I find it has a slightly dry quality to the taste with the combination of bright Virginia with the cigar leaf blend, but it can be very enjoyable, especially with coffee.
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A tip I offer though is to blend about 20% Ramback turkish into it. I know the cuts are quite different but the finer shag of the DG actually makes it very easy to see when the blend is uniform and holds the turkish strands within the web. It takes the edge off the throat-feel and adds a little sweet exotic spice to the cigar ambiance that is really delicious.
- Re: New D&R blends
- Posted by Dan S on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2006
I just got a couple tubs of both blends yesterday.
The Sigaro is definetly a cigar tobacco. I am no cigar expert in fact I rarely smoke them, but this seemed like a pretty good smoke to me.
The Sigaretta blend is very good. While it does have a cigar like flavor and aroma it is mellow enough so that you can inhale it.
I was little surprised how dry they were and that the tobacco in the container had very little aroma. It was also cut much finer then I expectd which doesn't really matter they both stuffed well using my Excell.
They are both a little bit much for me to smoke every day but they certainly earned a place in my tobacco stash.
I was hinking of getting some of those blunt wraps and twisting up some little cigars.
DS
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- Re: New D&R blends
- Posted by RCH on Saturday, 05-May-2007
Sigaro is a great smoke. Nice and heavy without harshness. Very similiar to Cohiba and Ducados cigarettes.
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- D&R Don Giovanni Sigaretta
- Posted by Warren on Friday, 06-Oct-2006
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Very exotic, cigar-like flavor in a cigarette tobacco. As with cigars and only the Gauloises among cigarette tobacco, one can't take a full shot very deeply. It's just too strong for a full deep chest drag (I use non-filtered Excel tubes). It doesn't sting mouth, troath or eyes, though, even at the very end of a cigarette.
The leaf is moderately finely cut (but not as finely as halfzware tobaccos), ideal for stuffing. Very light and very dark strands are clearly visible, intertwining while remaining separate, resulting in a kind of 'herd of zebra' visual effect.
While not something I would use as my regular smoke, ever since I tried it yesterday evening I kept coming back several times to make a stick or two, as break from my regular smoke (Natural American Spirit). Along with Ryback Gold, this is another D&R blend definitely worth having around for at least few sticks a day and for parties.