hoice is often experience masquerading as knowledge. In the world of luxury, however, it is knowledge that sets the connoisseur apart from the enthusiast; a relevant rule while umpiring fine cigars and wine. Judging cigars require more knowledge, experience and discernment than tasting wine, and even here the subjective smoker often gets it wrong. Hence, apologies beforehand while making this merit list of stogies, for their fragrant world is larger than Putin’s ego and mysterious like the vales of Narnia. The Siglio of course is the Sultan of Smokes; the Siglio II, launched to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus landing in the New World is 129 mm by 42 gauge of sheer, grassy, smoking pleasure. Created by Habanos’s “blend masters”, it seduces all three senses of sight, touch and taste. The well-balanced and complex medium-bodied smoke that offers notes of cedar, leather, and subtle sweetness makes the Siglio II a luxury product
