I was sitting around after dinner on the patio with a few friends Saturday, smoking cigars and sipping wine. It was much too warm for Port, and the cigars were sort of an afterthought anyway.
I happened to have in my hand a glass of nice, rich California Chardonnay. This would not have been my preferred choice to accompany the Partagas black label maduro torpedo I had in my other hand, but it was a surprisingly good accompaniment to the spicy/chocolatey flavors of the cigar.
Has anyone else here tried Chardonnay with cigars, and _liked_ the combination?
Tom S