Start time: 2h15
Finish:3:45
Pairing: water and a corona at the end.
bought in march 2012
box from may 2011
So I bought a 5ver last march, had 2 of them and did not like them at all they were harsh and probably too young. Decided it was time to smoke another one this weekend!
Construction is perfect the wrapper is beautiful with a milk chocolate color. I did a perfect cut with my xikar cutter and the draw was perfect!
1st: Started off with some pepper, not too strong but really present. After a couple of puff the pepper let place to a sweet creamy taste with some spices but I was not able to point out what it was. A little later I was clearly able to taste some sweet chocolate and that was the main flavor with some unknown spice.
2nd: Started with the same sweet chocolate but now I can taste that the spice, it's cinnamon. As the 2nd third goes by I had some burn issue but nothing that I could not correct. Flavors have now changed to a more dark chocolate, the sweetness is completely gone but the cinnamon is still present.
last third: Got about the same flavors as 2nd third, dark chocolate with some spice. Near the end the flavors started to get harsh a bit but some purging helped to continue a bit.
All in all,the Hoyo epicure no.2 is an incredible cigar, mild but really flavorful and complex. It got some nice flavors changing and I highly recommend it as an afternoon break!