Cigar Supper
Monday 9th June at 19:00 | Drawing Room | £79.00
The growing popularity of Rag cigar evenings has been inspiration to mark this burgeoning aspect of the Club calendar with an annual supper celebrating the passion within the Club for Cuba’s most famous export. Join likeminded members and a guest of honour for supper of two courses. Then, without too great a delay for those keen to address the business end of proceedings, relocate to the Ribbon Bar terrace for something from the mother island.
In this instance, for members pleasure, and accompanied by a welcome digestif, will be a Sancho Panza Belicoso, a cigar that may be new to some members while at the same time is a central part of Cuban cigar heritage. This rare, medium-bodied member of the Campana family is 5 1/2” in length with a ring gauge of 52. Although each to his own, prepare for mild toasty, salty and peppery tobacco flavours with leaves from the Vuelta Abajo region but, rather than spice, a very smooth and creamy finish.
Many cigar experts heartily recommend a satisfying meal ahead of an even more satisfying smoke, such as this. Aficionados will know that, along with the likes of Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta, the name Sancho Panza hails from great literature, in this case Don Quixote, with him the servant of his errant master knight. The house dates back to 1848 so some history to mark this new addition to The Rag’s yearly traditions.