Juan Lopez Seleccion No. 1 EOS JUL 18 (CGDLRW) *

[Chef]

*** I've been rather wordy with my last couple of reviews.  This one will be more succinct w/ bullet points mostly, as I'm trying to get this review in on time.

Wrapper Aroma:

• Sweet cedar
• Hay
• Light cocoa
• Faint kitchen spice

Foot Aroma:

• Sweet tobacco
• Light cocoa

Initial Light:

• Touch of black pepper
• Dry cocoa
• Green wood/grass

First Third:

• Chocolate note faded gradually as the first third went on.
• On some longer, deeper draws, there's definitely a dark stone fruit character, like cherry or ripe plum.
• Toward the end of this third, the floral note I often get in young CCs picks up.
• Not as sweet as I expected, based on the wrapper aroma.
• Just under medium body so far.
• A buttery note is sometimes detectable on the finish, but often doesn't last long.

Second Third:

• Pepper kicks up a notch.
• There's also something fresh tasting besides the light grassy note, like a green pepper.
• The cocoa note is a little richer, almost a chocolate, but not quite.
• So far, the burn hasn't been pretty, but no touch ups necessary.
• Around the halfway mark, the flavors seem to be getting muted.
• Smoke is getting a little harsh.

Last Third:

• What the heck is this?  All the flavors literally just disappeared as soon as the burn line hit the band.
• The smoke is very harsh.
• Cigar isn't getting hot or anything, but definitely not worth finishing.

Final Thoughts:

• This cigar was dry boxed for 5 days. 
• Sorry I couldn't get more pics, but my phone died.
• First and middle third were decent, but the last third was a complete mystery.
• This is my second JL1 from this box.  The first one was worse than this one: burn issues w/ just a wet tobacco and hay flavor.
• My final rating on this cigar is 82/100.

 

 

[Raskol]

Nice pic. Like the way review was written. Great review & sorry to hear last third kinda disappeared. Bet the next one would be a great one..Thank you.