ALB Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Box code: RAM (Nov. '04) Box bought in Havana last year, smoked last night. Ring Gauge : 50 Length : 124mm Initial Appearance : Well constructed, light brown wrapper, smooth with no veins, slightly soft to touch. Easy to cut cap, pre-draw gave hints of sweetness. Upon lighting, this cigar opened with a huge burst of flavours, primarily pepper spice on the lips, mixed with sweetness as mentioned above. Draw felt a bit easier than I like, but nice even burn & smoothness of flavours helped. This strong array of flavours persisted for the 1st third of the cigar. Once the cigar was into the 2nd third, the flavours had settled down, with just occasional hints of the spice coming through. Sweet flavours (floral?) predominated through this section, & it was very mild & smooth. The final third was similar to the middle part, with spicy flavours increasing as I got towards the end where my fingers started to singe. Throughout, the cigar produced a goodly amount of smoke, & only required one touch-up for uneven burn. Enjoyed with a Mojito & Cuban son music on my balcony on a beautiful clear night in Sydney town. Very enjoyable. 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgillett Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Nice one Al. I had one of these when fishing one afternoon a couple of weeks back. I bought it as a single to try on the recommendation of several forum members so it had high expectations. For mine, it didn't really do it for me. I think you were spot on with the spice being pretty much all the way through and this was probably the main reason why I didn't enjoy it as much as yourself. Having said that, I still have one left in the humi to make sure I didn't smoke a dud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 very nice review. I have some 04s, haven't smoked one in a while. I will have to try one this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Nice review Al. You have almost got me re-assessing my whole opinion of kiwi's :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrink Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Thanks, Al. The classic HdM robusto...:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginseng Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Great review. Haven't had one of these in years...Ifigure I may be ready for its subtle charms now. And again, you Aussies just have the smoking and enjoying down pat. Good on ya mate. Wilkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRKS Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Very nice write-up and spot on description of the flavor profile..... I love these cigars...it's my favorite morning cigar with a great coffee..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I had one of these a couple weeks ago. I have a feeing it was on the fresh side becuase it had a bit of an overpowering bite to it. i wouldn't call it peppery and most definatly not smooth.. Maybe if I can try one with a little age I will have a different experience. Gave it a 83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab55 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Thanks for the great review, have a box of these put down to age. Can't wait until they are ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodruff Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Thanks for the great review, my first few of these were not as I anticipated but I kept trying and now they are hard to get out of my rotation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjisaacson Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 hoyo line is one of my favs with coffee... thanks for the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiba Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Great Review... I think you are 100% right on with it as well. Great smoke!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittesq Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 » Great Review... I think you are 100% right on with it as well. Great » smoke!!! Couldn't agree more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Very nice review. I am going to have to pick up a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seamus Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Nice review. Epi 2 is one of my favorites. I really need to get some more as I am currently out:-( . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulberry Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Nice review, I have found these to be very nice mild-med smokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenpimp Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Nice review. I like this earlier in the day, great afternoon smoke. Has kind of a graham cracker taste to me. If you could smoke them that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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