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La Escepcion - Selectos Finos
After all the talk about these recently I decided to light up a La Escepcion Selectos Finos, accompanied with a glass of water, to cleanse my pallet after a late chicken and spinach dinner.
Strong start, lots of smoke and lots of flavour which develops after the first half inch. Leather becomes pronounced.A friend thought this would be a re-branded hoyo. This is not a hoyo. At the start I'm thinking this is more like a great cohiba siglo on steroids. It burns with a lovely singed wood aroma.
After an inch its Taking on a p2 profile on the pallet, No pronounced pepper. But lots of strength. Its strong but smooth and clean. No roughness to it at all.
Great construction, it required a touch up after an inch. I was afraid this may be a problem, but it seemed fine after this.
At this point I examined the structure more closely, a smooth wrapper leaf, no pronounced veins. The ash fell twice barely reaching an inch each time.
Seems to get milder toward the midway point, with no pronounced flavours as in the start. Ash holds better. Burn seems awkward, but corrects itself.
The cigar gets even milder after half way and turns vegetable on the pallet. This is where the hoyo profile emerges.
I liked the start better.
The last quarter brings back some of the flavours at the start but not as intense.
The flavours from retrohaling are great.
This is what a premium cigar should be, lots of evolution and seamless changes in flavour make this one to try at least once. Far from a unique, I've tasted these flavours before. I'd say these are common flavours found in some of my favourite cuban cigars but the delivery is unique.
It will be interesting to see how these smoke in five years time.
Smoke time 1hr 15mins.
9 out of 10
Strong start, lots of smoke and lots of flavour which develops after the first half inch. Leather becomes pronounced.A friend thought this would be a re-branded hoyo. This is not a hoyo. At the start I'm thinking this is more like a great cohiba siglo on steroids. It burns with a lovely singed wood aroma.
After an inch its Taking on a p2 profile on the pallet, No pronounced pepper. But lots of strength. Its strong but smooth and clean. No roughness to it at all.
Great construction, it required a touch up after an inch. I was afraid this may be a problem, but it seemed fine after this.
At this point I examined the structure more closely, a smooth wrapper leaf, no pronounced veins. The ash fell twice barely reaching an inch each time.
Seems to get milder toward the midway point, with no pronounced flavours as in the start. Ash holds better. Burn seems awkward, but corrects itself.
The cigar gets even milder after half way and turns vegetable on the pallet. This is where the hoyo profile emerges.
I liked the start better.
The last quarter brings back some of the flavours at the start but not as intense.
The flavours from retrohaling are great.
This is what a premium cigar should be, lots of evolution and seamless changes in flavour make this one to try at least once. Far from a unique, I've tasted these flavours before. I'd say these are common flavours found in some of my favourite cuban cigars but the delivery is unique.
It will be interesting to see how these smoke in five years time.
Smoke time 1hr 15mins.
9 out of 10
Kmart. 
Boy, Bag Boy
don TJ and the 
Coros
But I also found it to be a rich stick, full of spice and what's being called by some as "old time" Cuban tobacco flavor. Another word I see tossed about is "character," which is what I found in this puros, yet it smoked so smooth and creamy that it left me with the impression of a mild to mild/medium smoke.
Ummm, BB! One of your fingers seems to be stuck in the UP position.
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