[awhitaker]

First I'd like to thank Gomez company for offering their free samples to club stogie. They sent me the Corona Grand Reserva corona and threw in a fast break also. Thank you.

I smoked the corona last night. The cigar was very well made with a cedar tube around it. The wrapper was very fuzzy and smooth. It wasn't toothy but fuzzy which was different. The cigar was definitely smooth throughout with no bite. It was actually too smooth. The whole time I smoked it, I was searching for some flavor but nothing. This cigar reminded me of a box of Evilio coronas I have in my humidor. The Evilio is a Honduran puro and it also has that same extremely muted, smooth, creamy, one-dimensional flavor that the Gomez Grand Reserva had.

Overall it was not a bad cigar, it just was a little tooo smooth and muted for my taste. I'm looking forward to the Fast Break though because I think the problem I had with the corona was I wanted it to end quicker. I think as a short, quick smoke the Grand Reserva could be good especially as a morning cigar.

I'll give it a 7.5 out 10. Great construction, great draw, just lacked in the flavor.