H Upmann Super Magnum

[cookj1]

Coming in at a girthy 56 rg and 7 1/8” long, the HU Super Magnum is just that: super!  I have to admit that I was extremely intimidated smoking this.  A cigar of these dimensions is a commitment.  You need time, which fortunately I have due to social distancing measures.  It was actually a perfect day to tackle this beast.

The Super Magnum is all H. Upmann.  If you like the brand profile, you will absolutely love this cigar.  It is so smooth young.  This is a masterpiece of tobacco blending.  Unfortunately the roller didn’t quite get the roll right as you can see from the pictures.  I had burn problems right into the last half.  How does that even happen with such a premium cigar?

Hints of biscuit, cream, cedar, cardamom, and cinnamon.  Smoke is plentiful and intoxicating.  I’d argue there’s a slight under fill as the draw is light and easy.  The burn is not ideal.  Medium in flavour and strength.  Strong ash.  Lasting impression is the smoothness of this blend.  This is easy breezy good smoking and a slam dunk.

Total smoking time: 1 hour 35 minutes.

Habanos SA created another fantastic LCDH double bander.  I am a fan of the LCDH smokes and this is no exception.

93/100 (docked 1 mark for the poor roll). It will improve with age and so will the scores.

 

[ElJavi76]

So is this the Mag 56 EL reincarnated? @cookj1 have you had the EL? If so how did it compare? Looking forward to these. Upmann groupie here!

[havanaclub]

Smoking time 1:35? That has got to be a record !! Did you even breathe between draws?
Nice review


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[cookj1]

2 hours ago, ElJavi76 said:

So is this the Mag 56 EL reincarnated? @cookj1 have you had the EL? If so how did it compare? Looking forward to these. Upmann groupie here!

Yes.  Very different profile.  This is more classic HU profile.

And no, it is not the Mag 56 reincarnated.

[cookj1]

1 hour ago, havanaclub said:

Smoking time 1:35? That has got to be a record !! Did you even breathe between draws?
Nice review


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Yeah.  Remarkably fast given the size.  Your observation is keen.  I dry boxed it for two weeks and the under filled roll was likely a contributing factor.  I smoked it like a banshee too.  The flavours were outstanding.

[NSXCIGAR]

What's going on with this cigar @ATGroom? 

[ATGroom]

23 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

What's going on with this cigar @ATGroom? 

The H. Upmann Super Magnum is a Habanos Collection with different bands to this. Announced in 2020, but just appearing in stores in the last few months. Same dimensions as the OP specified, so you'd have to ask him where he got his from. There would have been a few festival samples around when this review was first posted, but those had the correct bands.

Factory special or house roll would be my guess.

[NSXCIGAR]

6 minutes ago, ATGroom said:

Factory special or house roll would be my guess.

Either one wouldn't explain the LCDH band. That's quite peculiar.