To demonstrate the many options for marrying rum and smoke, we picked two cigars with quite different body spectrums to pair with an array of fine rums. On the mild side we chose the H. Upmann Connecticut by Grupo de Maestros Toro (87 points, $8.94), a creamy, sweet cigar with a maduro cap atop its light wrapper. Stepping up in body, we smoked the Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado, a former Cigar of the Year. The $15.60 cigar, which has scored as high as 96, has toasted almond, cocoa and espresso bean notes.
RON ABUELO CENTURIA
80 proof, $140
This Panamanian solera rum contains rums as old as 30 years. Very smooth on first impression, it opens to licorice, honey, oranges and butter rum. The Abuelo added body and sweetness…
