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Jose Seijas Signature Series 2000 Toro

Ocat

Ocat

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Over a year ago I traded for 10 of these beauties. I smoked a couple and really liked them. But I was smoking a lot of the Avo LE 05 and forgot about them for a while. After about 6 months I found them again in one of the 11 cedar shelves that I have in the back of my Yummmmmydor. Man, had this cigars blossomed. Strong, Complex, Spicy, Smooth and Rich. Imo better now then the OR Avo LE 05 and I love my LE 05s. So I picked up a box of Toros and traded for some Robustos. The box of Toros smokes like they have been aged a least a year. Smooth, Rich, Spicy and Complex. Freaking Outstanding!!

I'm smoking one as I type. The wrapper is oily, smooth and maduro in color.

The burn is even and it has a firm white and gray ash.

The draw is dead on. Lots of of rich spicy smoke coming through.

It starts out med in power and builds, little by little.

The best part of this cigar are the flavors. Spicy with a semi sweet toasted Carmel flavor with hints of earth and pepper. All of these flavors are delivered on ton of well aged smooth rich smoke foundation. The aroma is spicy and rich. I'm almost a the 1/3 mark. Hints of leather and a very mild floral flavors have come out. It's still spicy and rich. The cigar is now into the med plus power range and holding.

From the halfway point to the end of this Toro, it just kept giving me all kinds of great flavors. Sometimes spicy, other times just well aged plain tobacco and other times a mix of leather, pepper, rich semi sweet carmel. This is one hell of a cigar. I nubbed it to less then a half inch.

My only two problems, I can't keep my hands off these Yummmmies and the box. Do us all a favor and make a simple cheap box instead of the big smelly leather monster box that is most likely is adding about $70.00 to the price of these cigars.
 
I was gifted one of these by a fine brother here on CP. After sleeping for week to recover from the plane ride over, I thought I would spark it up on Friday night.

It has been a long week with a shitstorm of activity at work. The Chinese have a saying, may you live in interesting times, and we certainly are in them. A peaceful cigar, focused on its earthly attributes is a welcome escape.

The stick in question is 6 x 52 with a sungrown wrapper that is a deep shade of oily brown. It’s appearance is handsome, bearing a triple cap with a plain white label with gold print. I know nothing of the origin, make or design of this cigar at the onset of the review.

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The foot smells of dark chocolate / cocoa and is slightly pinched in shape. The wrapper is still gassing off and has a silight tingle of an ammonia aroma to it. It clips easily and clean. Draw is perfect. Pre-light taste is of dark unsweetened chocolate. A barely perceptible trace of ammonia is present as well, indicating this could sill use some down time. Fortunately, I was gifted two of these babies :) .

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The setting is my back deck, late Friday evening, punishing a light brown american lager in a frosted pint glass. Mrs. HFM has taken the kids to football practice and I am home alone on the coolest day of the summer so far, high of 81 F in Charlotte.

Today’s specimen lights up easily and quickly reveals a dark, sharp burn line against a gray ash with a black rim. Initial impression is nutty, peppery through the nose with a long pepper finish on the sides of the palette. About an inch in it turns quickly and I pick up some Opus-like jalapeno, repeatedly from a number of draws. Interesting. This is a pretty full strength smoke at this point and I am starting to wonder about it’s origin. The cocoa smells initially made me assume it was nicaraguan.

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About 1/3 in, this stick make another turn, and a good one it was. The bitter chocolate comes through in a pronounced way. The smoke becomes sweeter, smoother and the pepper finish is so subtle, it has almost completely dissipated. So now my curiousity has gotten to me and I go for google.

This is a blend from the master blender of the Altadis Montecristo factory. Wrapper is Ecudoran Sumatra, binder is Dominican with a Nicaraguan, Peruvian and Dominican blend. Funny how the brain works. As soon as I read that, I can taste the dominican tobacs. The blend has a floral hint to it, but nowhere near as pronounced as an Avo. It is a deeper and stronger with some cedar to it.

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1/2 thorugh and this is a very smooth, rich smoke. Not too terribly complex, charry and semi-sweet.

I am startled as an old friend walks up the steps onto the deck. And now it is time to punish a few more lagers now with a friend.

To finish this review off, this smoke stayed consistent to the very end. A most enjoyable vitola that I smoked down below an inch.

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I don’t know if I would buy this at $12+, but it has been a great, smooth smoke and I’m glad I have another to enjoy sometime down the road. Paired well with the beer, and was a great smoke to have conversation around, but not about. This one gets a well deserved and enjoyable 7.5 on the 10 scale. Big thanks to the young brother that sent this my way!
 
I've just recently smoked one of thses myself. A gift from a fine BOTL.
I was quite suprised because it did not seem to bear any resemblence to the other cigars in his stable.
An excellent cigar.
 
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