It really is a beautiful presentation. Juan Lopez Seleccion Especial

[El Presidente]

No, don't PM/Email me. If and when I receive more then I will put them on 2424. Otherwise, they will go into my keep. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hemclas]

They look delicious!

 

[Corylax18]

The size doesn't do it for me, but the boxes are beautiful. I'd love to buy one just to store cutters, lighters, etc. 

[SonGoku]

Beautiful for sure but I still prefer the plain old wooden boxes. They stack easier, probably cost a lot less and I only need one fancy pencil holder. I end up throwing them out anyway when empty. But I can understand for marketing and profit reasons why HSA choose to package their premium products this way. But personally I don't care for it.

 

I wonder what is the extra cost, compared to it being packaged in a plain wooden box, when selling for the retail customer? 50-100 USD?

[Chibearsv]

Does that say 52 X 170?  Wowsers!  That could be an ass kicker. Bet they cost plenty. Beautiful looking cigars and packaging. 

[El Presidente]

14 minutes ago, SonGoku said:

Beautiful for sure but I still prefer the plain old wooden boxes. They stack easier, probably cost a lot less and I only need one fancy pencil holder. I end up throwing them out anyway when empty. But I can understand for marketing and profit reasons why HSA choose to package their premium products this way. But personally I don't care for it.

 

I wonder what is the extra cost, compared to it being packaged in a plain wooden box, when selling for the retail customer? 50-100 USD?

I am going to flip this on its lid 

 

i want then to make two presentations for each premium cigar in their portfolio.

• One upmarket such as this.
• One normal boxing be it timber or dress.
• I would like them to sell those in empty form.  

I then want them to do bundles(ala Nudies) for refilling. 

It would be an absolute boom in plain packaging markets. 

[SonGoku]

38 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

I am going to flip this on its lid 

 

i want then to make two presentations for each premium cigar in their portfolio.

• One upmarket such as this.
• One normal boxing be it timber or dress.
• I would like them to sell those in empty form.  

I then want them to do bundles(ala Nudies) for refilling. 

It would be an absolute boom in plain packaging markets. 

Great idea, I like it.

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At this point in my cigar smoking journey, I'd wager HSA is not marketing towards the regular customer much; seems the casual, special occasion smoker or the very rich, detached from value/cost consideration are the target public nowadays, What Rob is proposing, while reasonable and enticing to me, is never going to happen. I have been wrong before....

[SMELTZ]

Excellent cigar, one of my favorites of 2022

[LordAnubis]

That box is my new "smoke now" humidor with whatever im storing to smoke next. It is certainly an awesome box. The spew colour velvet bag is a bit strange though. 🤣

[RichUK]

I thought these looked familiar. Recently picked a couple up to try. Couldn’t quite stretch to a box at UK prices though.

 

Am looking forward to trying them, Juan Lopez have become a firm favourite.

[Frinkiac7]

16 hours ago, Chibearsv said:

Does that say 52 X 170?  Wowsers!  That could be an ass kicker. Bet they cost plenty. Beautiful looking cigars and packaging. 

They look nice but if that is really the size I will stick with the No1 and 2!

[Tstew75]

These look amazing.  Anyone know what they rumored to be retailing at?

[havanaclub]

That really is a beautiful presentation


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[atzemis]

1 hour ago, Tstew75 said:

These look amazing.  Anyone know what they rumored to be retailing at?

I've seen them for around $1300. 

[Tstew75]

51 minutes ago, atzemis said:

I've seen them for around $1300. 

Jesus

[RichUK]

I smoked the first of the two that I bought to try this morning.

We are away in Tenerife on holiday and I have fallen into the routine of eating breakfast and then having a smoke. Today it was the turn of the Especial.

Dry draw had a hint of gingerbread to it. Started out reasonably mild, typical Juan Lopez.
 

Flavour and strength really built up into the final third. At this point I admitted to myself it might not be an after breakfast cigar.

A fantastic 90 minute cigar. Solid 94 in my view. Definitely need to find a box now.

[Connoisseur Kim]

On 4/12/2022 at 3:07 AM, RichUK said:

I smoked the first of the two that I bought to try this morning.

We are away in Tenerife on holiday and I have fallen into the routine of eating breakfast and then having a smoke. Today it was the turn of the Especial.

Dry draw had a hint of gingerbread to it. Started out reasonably mild, typical Juan Lopez.

Flavour and strength really built up into the final third. At this point I admitted to myself it might not be an after breakfast cigar.

A fantastic 90 minute cigar. Solid 94 in my view. Definitely need to find a box now.

Thanks for sharing JL Especial experience @RichUK! Along with RA, JL is one of my fav CC marcas so I'm really excited to puff JL Especial as a huge fan of long CCs 😃.

[NSXCIGAR]

Got ahold of one today. High hopes. This is a big cigar. Feels like a Sublimes. No way does it seem like a 52 RG. 

[Ford2112]

1 hour ago, NSXCIGAR said:

Got ahold of one today. High hopes. This is a big cigar. Feels like a Sublimes. No way does it seem like a 52 RG. 

Unless you have small ✋️ s

[westg]

They are a beautiful smoke . 

 

 

[NSXCIGAR]

42 minutes ago, Ford2112 said:

Unless you have small ✋️ s

I don't know, I had a Monte Wide Edmundo today that felt like a 52. Should have put them end to end. Some cigars seem to play large or small to me. Party E2 always feels like a 52 to me. Connie 2 feels like a 50. The Punch La Isla feels like a 52. For some reason Laguito No. 2 always feels thinner than a Laguito No. 1. Mind plays tricks on you. 

[Digi]

54 minutes ago, Ford2112 said:

Unless you have small ✋️ s

My guilty pleasure is chuckling at small cigars that look huge in the hands of various redditors.  Can’t say why but I always think of the SNL skit with “baby hands”

[HuffnPuffff]

Unless you have small ️ s

Circus folk. Small hands. Smell like cabbage…


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[NSXCIGAR]

The verdict: excellent cigar. The full evolution of JL. Much classier than the S1/S2. The black coffee is toned down but still present. Citrus about the same. Much more balanced. Extremely high quality leaf. Construction was good. One or two touch-ups needed but burned well for the most part. 93/94 points and with some age 95 is very attainable. If this was a Genios in regular production I'd buy it in a heartbeat.