LeDomduVin: Graham's LBV Port 2017 + Cuban Cigar

Graham's LBV Port 2017 + Cuban Cigar

What better idea than going to smoke a cigar with some port at @bertie.hk after dinner to celebrate a reunion with an old friend after not seeing each other for nearly a decade? 

Nothing! So that's what we did! 😁👍🍷 

The night began in a cocktail bar, @tellcamellia, a pretty standard place to go when you're with a renowned mixologist like @ericfossard. Nice place if you like enjoyable tea-based cocktails. 

Then we went to eat in a Korean restaurant at @jeonpo_meatshop. It was really fresh and tasty. 

And we ended up at @bertie.hk Cigar Club to smoke a recently rolled Torpedo Cuban cigar (@partagas_cigars, I believe).

It was great to catch up with my old friend Eric. The opportunities to see each other have been rare over the past 15-20 years, as we are on opposite sides of the world from each other.  He is based in France but travels all around the world, and I'm based in Hong Kong and rarely go back to France. That is why each meeting is precious, and good food, good cocktails, port, and cigars make for great memories and souvenirs.     

The aspect of the cigar was stunning: light wrapper, perfectly rolled, integrated veins, no nots or tightness, ideally moist. Apparently rolled by a retired old professional roller lady from Cuba, exclusively for Bertie HK. The cigar was delightful, fresh, and flavorful, medium-bodied yet rich and aromatic, making it very easy to smoke due to its perfect draw. Loved it. 

We paired it with a half-bottle of Graham's LBV Port 2017. Spawned from an exceptional vintage and matured for 5 years in oak, this is a delightful late bottled vintage port, with intense and concentrated flavors and a firm tannic structure, reflecting the ideal hot and dry growing season of 2017. It boasted ripe black fruit flavors, notes of kirsch and bitter chocolate, mingling with floral and herbal nuances that expanded nicely throughout the mid-palate and lingered in the finish. Loved it. 

Cheers! Santé! 

Dom

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