Pairing · Whisky and cigar

Monkey Shoulder alongside Davidoff Signature 2000

A Speyside blended malt alongside a mild Dominican corona. Two light partners that give each other room.

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Bottle of Monkey Shoulder, whisky

From the shelf

The bottle

Monkey Shoulder is a blended malt from Speyside, at 40% vol. The colour is dark gold, the aroma caramel and sweet fruit; on the palate fruit with a hint of vanilla.

Monkey Shoulder

The combination

Why this works together

The Signature 2000 is 127 mm long and slim in ring gauge. Under a Connecticut wrapper, that size gives wood and cream and hardly any pepper. With a blended malt of 40 percent ABV, that is the right order of magnitude: the caramel in the whisky and the cream in the tobacco lie close together, without either one taking over.

Beside the glass

The cigar

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky. These cigars go well alongside this bottle.

Tekening van het formaat corona van 127 millimeterSlank en recht, met een ronde kop. De voet ligt links, de kop rechts.voetkop127 mm
This is what the size of the Davidoff Signature 2000 looks like: corona format, 127 mm, slim and straight, with a round head. This is our own drawing in our house style, not a photo of the brand; we do not sell cigars.
Open wooden cigar box with a row of cigars side by side
Mood image: a box of cigars. These are not the recommended cigars; the actual size is in the drawing alongside.
  • Davidoff Signature 2000 Dominican corona of 127 mm under a Connecticut wrapper, light in weight and low in pepper.
  • Macanudo Café Hyde Park Robusto with the same mild wrapper, a little thicker and so fuller in smoke.
  • AVO Classic No. 2 Dominican under a Connecticut wrapper, longer but equally restrained.
  • H. Upmann Coronas Junior Cuban petit corona of 110 mm, drier in tone, as a counterweight to the caramel.

In the glass

Serving

Neat in a tulip-shaped glass or with a single large ice cube. At 40 percent by volume water is not needed. Drink in the pauses between puffs.

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