Winning the Cazadores lottery!

[mazolaman]

Hi All,

Father Christmas came early this year, and a box of R Y J Cazadores landed on the doorstep, from our hosts.

Given that I had not seen these in a picture, I did not know what to expect when I unwrapped them.

The aroma is mighty strong, and I'm chuffed to say they look very well made, with a good dark wrapper, even coloured, and they feel firm and even along the length.

To me, they look and smell somewhere between HQ and PSP...happy days.

They'll have a short nap till Christmas.......

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[Wil]

Nice pick up! Let us know how they smoke.

[Hohenthal]

Congratulations!

I never tried R&J Cazadores so far, as they are said to be super strong,

but looking at these, I might....

[shrink]

It's not that they're strong, though they are. I would describe a young Cazadore as "raw". Ah, but with five or ten years, they're sublime.

[brutusthebuckeye]

Congratulations!

I never tried R&J Cazadores so far, as they are said to be super strong,

but looking at these, I might....

Cmon Man!!!!!

grab a few and smoke em(slowly).....u ll b glad u did!!

Nice lookin box of Cazzy BTW........

[jedipastor]

Those do look good! This is one of the sticks I'd like to try soon, given my liking of strong cigars everyone tells me I need to get on these.

[Ginseng]

Beautiful! I can't get enough of these.

Wilkey

[aavkk]

The only cigar in the R&J line that I like, i'm a big fan of these.

[Scdalak]

Ah yes, the dreaded Cazadores!!! Great Stick, Great Kick, they do slighlty mellow over time. Terrific Cigar to age...

[Van55]

I'm not sure what causes the phenomenon, but opening the foil around a new box of Cazadores releases the most incredible aroma of Cuban cigars. Nothing like that smell. I'd buy a box just for that experience, but the cigars are good too. To my palate they're not as "strong" as they are reputed to be. I have smoked much stronger non-Cuban cigars.

[riazp]

Great looking cazzies! enjoy them brother

[thechenman]

Nice buy...among my top 3 favorite RyJs. Enjoy them!

[bassman]

The only cigar in the R&J line that I like, i'm a big fan of these.

How true- and there are indeed plenty of stronger NCs, but the Cazadores have the bonus of great flavor. I'm crrently smoking 09s, but have a box from 2001 waiting.

[mazolaman]

I should add they are box code EUS from June 2011.

From the aroma and size, they remind me a lot of gold medals....

Can't wait to taste them after Christmas dinner.

I'll post a review then.

These recently made cigars are looking fantastic, well done to Habanos for getting their act together in that sense.