HDM Rio Seco UBM ABR 19 (ARW)

[lovethehaze]

Wow I mean wow ! Best cigar I have had for some time. 

Started by making me cough ? strong for a HDM totally threw me for a loop. Few Minutes in smoothed out dramatically but still at medium and pleasant much stronger than i was expecting and close to a San Juan but even better to me. Mind you both of the ones i have smoked are from 2019 so time will tell. 
 

Some spice like a epi #2 but more Refined. Tea and wood and some sweetness on my mouth that almost reminded me of honey. Just lingered in my mouth and my teeth. Very nice. Earth also very prevalent almost like a heavy BBF in some ways. Cream came and went but def needs time to come to play as a Hdm should. 

overall i would say solid 93 and a pleasure to smoke. Smoke was insane so much smoke but never harsh except first minutes. Creamy and velvety smoke. This is a nice purchase and was Hoyo de Nubbed !

 

[rcarlson]

Glad to read this.  I've got a 10er cooling their heels.  Beautiful wrappers.  Been hoping they aren't as mild and bland as some have described.  

 

[lovethehaze]

Just now, rcarlson said:

Glad to read this.  I've got a 10er cooling their heels.  Beautiful wrappers.  Been hoping they aren't as mild and bland as some have described.  

 

For me not at all and I prefer a little strength the only issue i see is they r so big the smoke kinda smolders at times so could create a burn issue but this one was spot on. Def stronger than I was expecting and I have read many reviews saying how light they were but def not for me. Hope yours are as good as this was for me.