Saint Luis Rey Geniales (Marquez) RE 2016 (SvHC)

[smitte3]

TGIF!  I'm a fan of the smaller ring gauges, but don't have anything in stock I haven't already reviewed on FOH so today is one for the hand cannons.  Picked up a single at an LCDH in December, but understand these were released Nov-2016 and is a 54 x 5.875"

 

Cold draw is sweet cedar. Love the Exclusivo Cuba band.  

 

1st third: Sweet cedar, hay, and grass.  Smooth and mellow, light-medium bodied.  One of the lightest bodied Cuban's I've ever had similar to an Oliva CT.  Straight forward flavors, get a bit of the twang and a tiny hint of fading spice, smoke is light-medium viscosity. 

 

2nd third: Consistent flavors, but wish this were a bit stronger.  Silky smooth finish.

 

Final third: Same flavors, solid relaxing smoke.

 

Score: 91/100

[NSXCIGAR]

These were called Marquez. Generally well received. Nicely balanced with good SLR DNA. Under medium. 

Good cigar but I don't think they're worth the current secondary market prices. 

[99call]

Cheers for the review dude, cheers

[smitte3]

@NSXCIGAR You're totally right, got the name mixed up with the size. Agree with your secondary market prices as well, I enjoyed seeing in my humidor more than smoking it.  I had the Diplotmatico Excelencia and meh...

I have the ERDM Infantes Cuba RE sitting around, not expecting too much from it as I realize RE's are hyped and a bit hit or miss.  

[NSXCIGAR]

9 hours ago, smitte3 said:

@NSXCIGAR You're totally right, got the name mixed up with the size. Agree with your secondary market prices as well, I enjoyed seeing in my humidor more than smoking it.  I had the Diplotmatico Excelencia and meh...

I have the ERDM Infantes Cuba RE sitting around, not expecting too much from it as I realize RE's are hyped and a bit hit or miss.  

ERs are hit and miss, and since almost all have a significant premium one has to be very careful. For some reason the Marquez was priced rather high from the start. I think the Cuba ERs tend to inherently be a tad more expensive since they aren't exported from the island.

Most of the Cuba ERs have been well received. I can't recall any opinions about the ERDM Infantes but you may be pleasantly surprised.

[Tomasito]

On 5/3/2020 at 1:30 AM, NSXCIGAR said:

ERs are hit and miss, and since almost all have a significant premium one has to be very careful. For some reason the Marquez was priced rather high from the start. I think the Cuba ERs tend to inherently be a tad more expensive since they aren't exported from the island.

Most of the Cuba ERs have been well received. I can't recall any opinions about the ERDM Infantes but you may be pleasantly surprised.

What are the Marquez selling for on the secondary market? 

[NSXCIGAR]

4 hours ago, Tomasito said:

What are the Marquez selling for on the secondary market? 

They seem to be going around $340-370 in recent BR auctions.