DrAlejandro Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Ramon Allones Small Club Coronas (RASCC) 4.3 inches by 42 ring Appearance and Construction: 7/10 Rough wrinkley wrapper, chocolate brown with an unskillfully applied cap. Rough looking cigar over all as you can see on this picture. Nicely bunched though with no soft or hard spots. Flavor: 18/20 Smell at cold cedar and dried fruit, pre light draw on the firm side but nice... flavors of dried cherries coming through. 1/3 Upon light powdered chocolate in the background with a twangy almost raisin like note. Cigar is producing plentiful thick creamy smoke. Getting warmed up now and settling down, chocolate subsides and leaves beind the leather and cedar with the prevailing raisin note. Very nice flavors and clearly defined without a touch of harshness through the nose. 2/3 Into the second third and the cedar/dried fruit note has persisted. The texture of the smoke has changed now, a bit thinner and not as creamy as it was in the first third. Not at all harsh though and still very enjoyable... takes on a little bit of white pepper as it approaches the next third. 3/3 Cedar/fruit note has taken a back seat to cocoa powder now. Cigar is getting fuller bodied as it begins to burn down now and the smoke has retaken the thick creamy mouthfeel it had in the first third. Almost to a nub and the smoke has gotten very fullbodied, twangy fruit flavor has come to the forefront and this smoker has a nice nicotine buzz. Cigar went out well after taking off the band before it burned along with the wrapper. Never got harsh and gave off mouthfulls of tasty smoke until the end without every getting harsh. Smoking Characteristics: 8.5/10 Cigar cut well with the xikar and gave an almost perfect pre-light draw, a little on the firm side but for my personal preferences ideal. The stick took well to flame and burned fairly evenly, needing the ocassional touch up to keep it burning straight. Ash was firm and greyish black, holding on for at least and inch and a half before I ashed to avoid a crotch full of burnt tabacco. Value: 4.5/5 These cigars are hard to find but when they're available they run roughly 130 bucks. While they are small cigars what you get for your money flavorwise is very competitive for the money you spend. Also something to mention is that although these little guys weigh in at only 4.3 inches they smoke for at least an hour if you pace yourself. Overall Impression: Just got a box of these in and Im pretty excited. These little guy was ugly as hell but really delivered with a really unique and tasty flavor thats a very nice change of pace. Score could have been higher but this particular specimen was pug ugly and the burn wasn't spot on. His other 24 brothers look a bit better though and this was right off the truck so to speak so the burn could straighten itself out with some humidor time. All in all I liked this specimen and am very interested to see how the remainder of the box continues to evolve. Rating: 85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Dr.A, nice review. An '06 I recently had opportunity to smoke also had a loose wrap on the cap, but otherwise was nicely constructed - your pics are a bit troublesome! Do you have a date code for your sample? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrink Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Score could have been higher but this particular specimen was pug ugly and the burn wasn't spot on. "Alejandro... I am your father" But it's a nice review, son... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrAlejandro Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 » Dr.A, nice review. An '06 I recently had opportunity to smoke also had a » loose wrap » on the cap, but otherwise was nicely constructed - your pics are a bit » troublesome! » Do you have a date code for your sample? Thanks again. Nope no box code... i got these in a couple of days ago from czar house and they sent them in plastic bag, I imagine for ease of shipping and so the "man" wouldnt get too curious ;-). I emailed lisa to see if I can get the box codes and will update ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Twain Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I love these--Rob, I thought you were going to get some in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrAlejandro Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 » » Dr.A, nice review. An '06 I recently had opportunity to smoke also had a » » loose wrap » » on the cap, but otherwise was nicely constructed - your pics are a bit » » troublesome! » » Do you have a date code for your sample? Thanks again. » » Nope no box code... i got these in a couple of days ago from czar house » and they sent them in plastic bag, I imagine for ease of shipping and so » the "man" wouldnt get too curious ;-). I emailed lisa to see if I can get » the box codes and will update ASAP. Just an update... box code: POS SEP 06 :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Fantastic cigars, but you need to put a box away too. These really shine with age. My 04s are just beginning to show full potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 » ugly[/b] and the burn wasn't spot on.[/i] » » "Alejandro... I am your father" » » But it's a nice review, son... » » ...you had a big SuperBowl day..... didn't you Shrink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I find it hard to go a week without having one of these gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphon Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I received a box of these about a month ago (box code: POS SEP 06). Even though they need some more time in the humidor. They are smoking beautifully. In fact I think I may get a couple more boxes. Such a rewarding smoke. This seems to be a really great batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smk819 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I bought 3 boxes, I usually have one every day. There is no chance these will survive to get any age on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 » Dr.A, nice review. An '06 I recently had opportunity to smoke also had a » loose wrap » on the cap, but otherwise was nicely constructed - your pics are a bit » troublesome! » Do you have a date code for your sample? Thanks again. That sure is an ugly bastard glad it tasted good. The cap looks wrong. I do not see the ussual triple cap. Did you get this box from Rob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idesign Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 » » Dr.A, nice review. An '06 I recently had opportunity to smoke also had a » » loose wrap » » on the cap, but otherwise was nicely constructed - your pics are a bit » » troublesome! » » Do you have a date code for your sample? Thanks again. » » That sure is an ugly bastard glad it tasted good. The cap looks wrong. I » do not see the ussual triple cap. Did you get this box from Rob? Looks like Smithy sent Dr.A the box which was set aside for Ken. ;-) Nice review Dr.A, I love these little guys and wish I wouldn't have burned through my box so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco polo Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Thanks for the review and the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrAlejandro Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 » » Dr.A, nice review. An '06 I recently had opportunity to smoke also had a » » loose wrap » » on the cap, but otherwise was nicely constructed - your pics are a bit » » troublesome! » » Do you have a date code for your sample? Thanks again. » » That sure is an ugly bastard glad it tasted good. The cap looks wrong. I » do not see the ussual triple cap. Did you get this box from Rob? yes sir I did... this was the dog of the lot though guys dont get me wrong, the rest of the box looks just right and ALL of them so far have smoked great :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2advnture Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Excellent review DA ~Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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