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Juan Lopez exclusivo Asia Pacifico 2010 selección no. 4
Box code
PRA JUN 10
Pre light
Solid smoke, neither light nor heavy in hand. Beautiful colorado brown wrapper. Cold aroma of sweetened coffee, hay, and well aged tobacco. Flavors at cold, hay and cedar, with slight sweet earth. Very nice firm but open draw.
1st third
First few puffs, leather and well aged tobacco. Aroma is sweet and fragrant. 1st third continues with leather, hay, and cedar sweetness in background. Pretty good smoke production, not a chimney like some DE but for a habano, it's smoking nicely. It continues with leather, a nice roasted black coffee, a mixture of walnut and cashew like flavor is present along with a faint white pepper spice in background. Ash is burning light grey and burn line is ok, a little curvy but not erratic.
2nd third
Nutty and leather flavors dominate, a sweetened black tea flavor is present. The white pepper is faint in background. Wonderful aroma continues like sweet cedar and hay. Midway through 2nd third a soda bread flavor appears, black tea and leather dominate, along with slight cedar sweetness. White pepper is still vaguely present. Aroma is still the same and very pleasant. Sweetened coffee replaces black tea near the end of final third.
Final third
Sweet walnuts and coffee dominate. Soda bread flavor comes and goes. Aroma unchanged and pleasant. Smoke output is steady and nice. Burn has been pretty consistent and self correcting. Sweet nutty flavor and coffee dominate. The soda bread becomes more orange peel. Very pleasant and enjoyable. Walnut flavor is more a roasted almond/cashew mix and continues sweet.
Sweet nut and orange peel flavors dominate at the end.
Overall a solid medium/full smoke.
Great flavors, great smoke output, solid self correcting burn, pleasant aroma.
I give this 4.5/5
Excellent stick!
Thanks to Kris for the chance to smoke this.
Final smoke time:
1 hour 10 minutes.
Highly recommended average price for a regional edition, around $13.50 a stick or $340 a box of 25.
Box code
PRA JUN 10
Pre light
Solid smoke, neither light nor heavy in hand. Beautiful colorado brown wrapper. Cold aroma of sweetened coffee, hay, and well aged tobacco. Flavors at cold, hay and cedar, with slight sweet earth. Very nice firm but open draw.
1st third
First few puffs, leather and well aged tobacco. Aroma is sweet and fragrant. 1st third continues with leather, hay, and cedar sweetness in background. Pretty good smoke production, not a chimney like some DE but for a habano, it's smoking nicely. It continues with leather, a nice roasted black coffee, a mixture of walnut and cashew like flavor is present along with a faint white pepper spice in background. Ash is burning light grey and burn line is ok, a little curvy but not erratic.
2nd third
Nutty and leather flavors dominate, a sweetened black tea flavor is present. The white pepper is faint in background. Wonderful aroma continues like sweet cedar and hay. Midway through 2nd third a soda bread flavor appears, black tea and leather dominate, along with slight cedar sweetness. White pepper is still vaguely present. Aroma is still the same and very pleasant. Sweetened coffee replaces black tea near the end of final third.
Final third
Sweet walnuts and coffee dominate. Soda bread flavor comes and goes. Aroma unchanged and pleasant. Smoke output is steady and nice. Burn has been pretty consistent and self correcting. Sweet nutty flavor and coffee dominate. The soda bread becomes more orange peel. Very pleasant and enjoyable. Walnut flavor is more a roasted almond/cashew mix and continues sweet.
Sweet nut and orange peel flavors dominate at the end.
Overall a solid medium/full smoke.
Great flavors, great smoke output, solid self correcting burn, pleasant aroma.
I give this 4.5/5
Excellent stick!
Thanks to Kris for the chance to smoke this.
Final smoke time:
1 hour 10 minutes.
Highly recommended average price for a regional edition, around $13.50 a stick or $340 a box of 25.