Hoyo de Monterrey Piramides GEM ENE 20 (VVRW#2)

[ChangBang]

First piramides review for the week it looks like!  Had some time tonight so smoked a HDM piramides that I got in one of those piramides sampler boxes.  Rarely hear or see these for sale, are they a sampler box exclusive or something?  

Clipped the top with a decent, slightly tighter draw than I'd prefer.  Been trying out the freezer method and it has been good to me.  Today is no exception and draw was perfect after about a hour in the freezer.

1/3 - woody, leathery, and coffee notes with some hints of sweetness

2/3 - Tons of...pencil shavings?  Was weird but alright, have the tasting notes by marca bookmarked that I refer to and yea really getting that taste.  

3/3 - Lots of creamy wood notes in the end.

Overall this gets a 5/10 - it was enjoyable, not sure I'm a huge fan of the pencil shavings taste but a decent cigar that I wouldn't mind smoking again.  Very average.  

[Bijan]

3 minutes ago, ChangBang said:

Rarely hear or see these for sale, are they a sampler box exclusive or something?  

Yes about half the sampler cigars are exclusives.