Sancho Panza Ducales - from the 1980’s + Review

[Buck14]

Found these on the bottom corner of a humidor in an Estanco in Madrid. Apparently these are cigars rolled in Spain from 100% Cuban tobacco. They were only produced in the 1980s. Look and smell pretty good. ? 

Anyone know anything on these?

Very Preliminary Review:

HOLY F$&@:#G SHIT!

Full Review:

Sancho Panza Ducales circa 1980’s

Medium-Full strength with hugely complex flavors.

Hands down the best tobacco I I’ve ever smoked. Perfect construction, lingering ash. 

Richness. 

That is the word I thought of over and over during this smoke.

The best cigar on the palate I’ve ever smoked. Such lingering rich flavor. I’ve never had a cigar that tasted anything like this vitola.

If you ever have a chance to buy a box - DO IT!

I guess the best praise I can give is that I cannot think of a single box of Cubanos that I would trade a box of Ducales for.

[99call]

 

[Buck14]

Thanks @99call that thread helped me make the decision to pull the trigger on these babies while I was in Madrid. Just wanted to see if anyone had a recent smoking experience with these?

[topdiesel]

@Buck14, you are one of the few members who has the opportunity to write a review.  Light one up and tell us about it.  On the edge of my seat.

[Buck14]

12 minutes ago, topdiesel said:

@Buck14, you are one of the few members who has the opportunity to write a review.  Light one up and tell us about it.  On the edge of my seat.

will do! They are a little dry from the trip so Ill need to acclimate them for awhile in my humi to give them a fighting chance. But I promise a review soon as possible.

[Buck14]

@topdiesel

Damn You! Decided to fire one up life’s too short!

[Buck14]

I’m thinking about hopping on a plane to Madrid this afternoon and grabbing the other two boxes.

[NSXCIGAR]

These are very interesting cigars--the only sanctioned Habanos product ever made outside Cuba. 

Despite their story they still seem to be affordable if found, possibly due to few knowing what they are. 

[99call]

23 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

These are very interesting cigars--the only sanctioned Habanos product ever made outside Cuba. 

Despite their story they still seem to be affordable if found, possibly due to few knowing what they are. 

Is this the case?  I honestly don't know so am genuinely asking.  Did Medallion in the UK, and La Esdura operate without blessing?

 

[Buck14]

15 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

These are very interesting cigars--the only sanctioned Habanos product ever made outside Cuba. 

Despite their story they still seem to be affordable if found, possibly due to few knowing what they are. 

??

?

[Salomones]

The Shop that sold me my Ducales told me that the current ones are from the government Stock.

They were intended as a diplomatic gift in Spain, but now to old for. That could be the Reason for missing the blue Spain Taxlable.



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[NSXCIGAR]

On 5/18/2019 at 5:02 PM, 99call said:

Is this the case?  I honestly don't know so am genuinely asking.  Did Medallion in the UK, and La Esdura operate without blessing?

 

Those would have been Cubatabaco, not Habanos (HSA). Since 1994 nothing except those SPs has been officially sanctioned.

As an aside, I can find virtually nothing about La Esdura. 

[99call]

1 hour ago, NSXCIGAR said:

As an aside, I can find virtually nothing about La Esdura. 

They seem to have been produced by Rinn & Cloos (1895-1992) who also owned RUC cigars,  heres a few more images, and the factory where they were made.