BrianEE93
Senior Member
Registered: January 2008
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 1273
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Review Date: Tue January 22, 2008
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: $2.00
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Pros:
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Value Cigar, Nice medium-full flavor.
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Cons:
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Shaggy foot causes some initial problems. Need some age.?
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I saw these on Cbid and because I like the Espresso picked up a box of 20.
Here is an exact quote from Cigars Internationals Web site, "No pun intended, but the El Mejor ‘Emerald’ is truly a gem....one of the most startling values on a true premium handmade blend I have seen in some time. It’s all about the blend: the Emerald is composed of a deep, dense mixture of Nicaraguan long-fillers including a core of rich, searing Ligero tobaccos. These tobaccos are in turn cloaked by a tawny, lustrous Honduran-grown Corojo wrapper and together, after 6 months of box-aging, this formulation delivers a copious dose of rich, oaky flavors which swathes the palate before finishing with a feisty touch of spice. Medium to full-bodied throughout with a rich tobacco taste, it smokes gracefully smooth from start to finish. El Mejor Emerald is terrific right out of the box without a doubt, but also shows all the signs of incredible aging potential. Individually draped in cedar sleeves and finished with a ‘shaggy’ foot in true ‘old world’ fashion.
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Pre-Light: I clipped the pigtail of the 5-1/2"x50" Robusto and the smell was of a little sweet grass and little barnyard. The draw was good and the taste was little spicey. The wrapper was fairly smooth medium brown.
Light: The cigar lit very easily with the shaggy foot and produced a lot of smoke. I immediately got a pretty good dose of black pepper and oak.
First Half: The burn was off a little at the start and I contribute this to the shaggy foot with no wrapper. It looked like one of those trick cigars that had exploed. It straighten up pretty good after it hit the wrapper. The pepper taste slowly mellowed. The first half was medium to full and reminded me a lot of a JDN 1970 but with a corojo wrapper. Besides the spice there was a good oak/cedar wood flavor. The cigar seemed a little mushy but the draw was real good. The ash was dark and flaky again because of the shaggy foot.
Second Half: The mild pepper was still there and I started getting a sweet cream taste like toasted butterscotch. The ash held on good and the flackyness went away. This thing had a pretty good kick. I hadn't eatten for several hours and had to put the last 2 inches down. It remained medium to full bodied..
Conclusions: This cigar looks very well constructed. Overall this cigar was pretty good for a $2 stick. I got some young flavors especially at the end. The Espressos I smoke I let sit for at least 6 months and they get a lot better. It am happy with this purchase. It will give me another good yardgar for everyday smoking on a budget.
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