UK Cigar Scene Magazine October Issue 10 | Page 18

MY MOST MEMORABLE CIGARS

Harry Borovick (far right) with
(from left) Joe Neale, Tom
Randall and Edward Sahakian

By Harry Borovick
Third generation cigar smoker and amateur collector based in Soho. I’m a passionate Ramon Allones
fan, having spent half a year travelling through as much of Asia as I could with one in hand.

Cigar One:
1975 Montecristo Number 3

Cigar Two: 2008 Ramon Allones
Specially Selected, Cabinet 50

Where & When?
A Sunday evening poker night whilst we could
still call it Summer earlier this year. It was just
close friends from the Soho Whisky Club and
another friend with far greater cigar knowledge
and experience than myself; Tom Randall of 1a St
James.

Where & When?
Bulgari Hotel, The Edward Sahakian Cigar
Room.

Why was it memorable?
A perfect moment of cards, incredible vintage
Montecristo flavours, great friends and great food.
A phenomenal cigar in the most casual of Sunday
evening circumstances. It didn’t hurt that the
game went pretty well for me!
This cigar couldn’t have been better timed. We
had smoked phenomenal regionals, including this
year’s tremendous Asia Pacifico RE Diplomaticos
Bushido. Nothing could beat this No.3 though, it
was the pinnacle of a perfect night.

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Why was it memorable?
My first ever Cabinet 50. The last 5-6 years has
been a haze of both Ramon Allones in general,
and this cigar in particular since I discovered
the Cab.50 boxes in late 2012. Bought at the
suggestion of Mike Choi and Kevin Shinduke.
A lesson in listening to those with vast
knowledge and experience to give. Thankfully
there are plenty in the London cigar scene.
This cigar is, to my taste, the epitome of what
every modern Ramon Allones, and even a lot of
more premium (in price only) cigars are trying
to be. A cigar full of depth, complex flavours,
and one of the few I could smoke one after the
other.