UK Cigar Scene Magazine March Issue 3 | Page 24

WHAT’S IN YOUR HUMIDOR? UK Cigar stores have a proud heritage of aging cigars for their customers so that they can enjoy the subtle and refined pleasures of a matured cigar. Each month we ask a cigar specialist, either a store or a cigar terrace, to tell us about two of the rare, aged cigars which they have available at the time we go ‘to press’ This month we called ventured out to Fulham to Cigars Unlimited to discover more about this hidden gem of a store and to enjoy a beautifully aged Partagas Short and a coffee with the owner Adrian Lesley. Adrian opened his cigar store 13 years ago, just 3 minutes walk from Fulham Broadway station and close to the Chelsea ground. Located in an arcade in a quiet street you could well have missed this store off your London cigar agenda, I certainly had until now, but as Adrian and I talked over coffee and a cigar it’s clear that he has a huge passion for collecting and aging cigars in the traditional way. His walk in humidor is a technological masterpiece with two systems, one for the day when the door is constantly being opened for customers, and one for night times when the cigars slumber gently bathed in the perfect level of humidity. Down stairs Adrian has specially built and humidified storage for aging his stock and from the sample I tried I would say he has put all his experience to great use. As usual we asked Adrian to select two cigars and he pulled out a selection of 6 Partagas cigars from his humidor and selected just two from them. Cigar 1 Partagas D4 Special from the 20th Anniversary 50 ring gauge, length 4 7/8” Cigar 2 Partagas Gran Piramides from the 160th “This is a D4 Plus and kind of Super D4, it was made for the 20th Anniversary of the Casa del Anniversary of Partagas 54 ring gauge, Habanos at the Partagas factory in 2013. It is a very powerful blend with lots of ligero leaf. It is length 180mm beautifully balanced but most definitely a step up from the standard D4.” Web www.cigarsunlimited.co.uk Address 129, Walham Green Court, Moore Park Road, Fulham, London SW6 2PX, LY Telephone: 23 +44(0) 20 7386 9000 “These cigars were made in 2005 for the 160th anniversary of the Partagas factory, two cigars were shipped in special 100 count humidors (with 50 of the Gran Piramides and 50 Robusto extras). With age is has become an exceptionally smooth and refined cigar and is one of my real favourites” Opening Hours Monday to Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm, Saturday from 10:00am to 6:30pm. Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays