David Burney (@jdburney1)

As I am now finished with my Fonseca 'theme' week (https://gab.com/jdburney1/posts/113057039709571861), I ended it (beginning my My Father 'theme' week = https://gab.com/jdburney1/posts/113091050909276504) by sampling both the My Father Fonseca Cosaco and Cedros. For those who have enjoyed the pre-My-Father Fonseca cigars, NEITHER the My Father Fonseca Cosaco nor the Cedros preserve the truly unique, distinctive flavor profile of the Fonseca 7-9-9 or 2-2, nor of the Vintage, nor even the slight variations of the Vegas de Fonseca Belicoso and the Cubano Viso Fuerte Belicoso. Fortunately, I still have 141 cigars (between 6 and 15 years old) pre-dating the My Father acquisition of the Fonseca brand, thus for many years to come I can still choose to occasionally enjoy the original flavor profile. I will add a few of the My Father Fonseca cigars to my Fonseca humidor because they are quite good and enjoyable, but it seems the only thing that's been preserved is the name brand but nothing about the brand's historically unique taste. Although enjoyable, I am disappointed to learn that the truly unique, distinctive flavor profile of the original Fonseca cigars was NOT preserved. It seems that flavor profile has now been lost forever. One can only hope that one day My Father will release a Fonseca that will bring that distinctive taste back to those who always enjoyed pre-2019 Fonseca cigars.