LilBastage
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J Fuego Delirium Lancero
7 1/2 x 42
From Honduras
Brazilian Maduro wrapper
Honduran Corojo, Nicaraguan Corojo filler
Costa Rican Corojo binder
(Please correct any of the above info if it's incorrect. It's the best I could find with a cursory look on the Google.)
Al (puffstuff) was kind enough to send some of us these cigars and only asked for a review in return. Pretty hard to pass that up, so here goes. I don't do pictures while I smoke so you'll have to use your imagination.
The construction of this cigar is almost rustic in appearance. It's a little rougher than the Padron x000 series, but certainly isn't cheroot-like. The wrapper is quite venous and the cigar does have some bumpy spots, though.
I always punch cigars that are less than 44 ring gauge because my punch is just about perfect up to that size. The prelight draw on this cigar was a little tight, but I find almost all lanceros to be similar in that regard. I decided to clip the rest of the cap in an effort to open it up a little, but it made no difference. The wrapper had a very pleasant sweetness.
Initial draws on the lit cigar were quite harsh. I almost gave up after about the first 1/2 inch just because of this harshness. I decided to keep going though in an effort to give as honest a review as I could. I'm glad I did.
An inch or so into this cigar things got much better. The harshness virtually disappeared and the flavors started to develop. There was a rich foundation of sweet tobacco layered under a fairly unusual smokiness that was quite reminiscent of latakia pipe tobacco (which is smoked over various hardwoods during the curing process). It was also at this point that the draw opened up to just about perfect.
About half way into the cigar the smokiness was much more pronounced. It really drowned out most every other aspect of this cigar. The sweetness was there the whole time, but there wasn't much else going on.
With about 2 1/2 inches left the smokiness subsided and the tobacco flavor was back in full force. Leather and baking cocoa complimented the sweetness. It was very tasty! Unfortunately, shortly after this burst of flavor developed the draw really tightened. After a few moments I had to let the cigar die, it just got too tight to smoke.
The burn was razor sharp and required no touch up. The ash was surprisingly firm and held on a lot longer than most other lanceros I've smoked. This lancero produced more smoke when the draw was good than any other lancero I've smoked.
Overall, this was a pretty good cigar. I've smoked two of them and they've been quite similar in regards to the tightness of the draw and the development of the flavors. This cigar has a clean finish (a first for me with Honduran tobacco) and does have a lot of flavor, though it isn't complex. It did give me a little bit of a nicotine tickle but I've experienced that a lot lately with lanceros. I'm starting to think they just don't agree with my body chemistry. Maybe I just do better with cigars I can smoke a little slower.
I'd like to thank Al once again for offering these to the members here at Cigar Pass. It's not likely that I would have tried these had it not been for his very generous offer, but based on these examples I will likely try the same line in a different vitola in the future as long as they're priced right. I think this cigar in a torpedo or perfecto would be pretty darn good.
7 1/2 x 42
From Honduras
Brazilian Maduro wrapper
Honduran Corojo, Nicaraguan Corojo filler
Costa Rican Corojo binder
(Please correct any of the above info if it's incorrect. It's the best I could find with a cursory look on the Google.)
Al (puffstuff) was kind enough to send some of us these cigars and only asked for a review in return. Pretty hard to pass that up, so here goes. I don't do pictures while I smoke so you'll have to use your imagination.
The construction of this cigar is almost rustic in appearance. It's a little rougher than the Padron x000 series, but certainly isn't cheroot-like. The wrapper is quite venous and the cigar does have some bumpy spots, though.
I always punch cigars that are less than 44 ring gauge because my punch is just about perfect up to that size. The prelight draw on this cigar was a little tight, but I find almost all lanceros to be similar in that regard. I decided to clip the rest of the cap in an effort to open it up a little, but it made no difference. The wrapper had a very pleasant sweetness.
Initial draws on the lit cigar were quite harsh. I almost gave up after about the first 1/2 inch just because of this harshness. I decided to keep going though in an effort to give as honest a review as I could. I'm glad I did.
An inch or so into this cigar things got much better. The harshness virtually disappeared and the flavors started to develop. There was a rich foundation of sweet tobacco layered under a fairly unusual smokiness that was quite reminiscent of latakia pipe tobacco (which is smoked over various hardwoods during the curing process). It was also at this point that the draw opened up to just about perfect.
About half way into the cigar the smokiness was much more pronounced. It really drowned out most every other aspect of this cigar. The sweetness was there the whole time, but there wasn't much else going on.
With about 2 1/2 inches left the smokiness subsided and the tobacco flavor was back in full force. Leather and baking cocoa complimented the sweetness. It was very tasty! Unfortunately, shortly after this burst of flavor developed the draw really tightened. After a few moments I had to let the cigar die, it just got too tight to smoke.
The burn was razor sharp and required no touch up. The ash was surprisingly firm and held on a lot longer than most other lanceros I've smoked. This lancero produced more smoke when the draw was good than any other lancero I've smoked.
Overall, this was a pretty good cigar. I've smoked two of them and they've been quite similar in regards to the tightness of the draw and the development of the flavors. This cigar has a clean finish (a first for me with Honduran tobacco) and does have a lot of flavor, though it isn't complex. It did give me a little bit of a nicotine tickle but I've experienced that a lot lately with lanceros. I'm starting to think they just don't agree with my body chemistry. Maybe I just do better with cigars I can smoke a little slower.
I'd like to thank Al once again for offering these to the members here at Cigar Pass. It's not likely that I would have tried these had it not been for his very generous offer, but based on these examples I will likely try the same line in a different vitola in the future as long as they're priced right. I think this cigar in a torpedo or perfecto would be pretty darn good.
