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Romeo y Julieta : Petit Royales Box of 25 / 47 ring gauge x 95mm length / LAT AGO 19 This is my first review on FOH or on any forum to be frank. Well I posted a power tool set once on craigslist and that turned into a sh&t show. I had people asking to trade everything from a Walmart gift card to a old prosthetic hook. Anyways, enough of my blabbering not like anyone is actually going to read this (Please read this, I want some free cigars and early access). The box came from Spain with a date of Aug 2019 & a factory code "LAT", placing the box in Sancti Spiritus province and the factory of Taguasco. The cigars all have a nice oily shine and deep red hue, the smell coming from the box is your classic Cuban barnyard hay & tobacco. I don't have a foot fetish, well depends on the foot or feet more like. But the smell was a coco, hay, spice. Cigar was nicely rolled dense with a firm give. The cigar has a solid 4 years of age. The cigar opened with a woody cedar, light pepper, and sweet dark chocolate chip. I did toast this cigar and the burn line was great no issues, smoke production was good with a nice body. Good medium draw. First Third The end of the first third was filled with cedar, the spice toned completely down, and the sweet dark chocolate turned into a cherry liqueur chocolate. Ash fell off after the first third but that's partly my fault I was rewatching The Shield and the streaming service on my iPad kept freezing up and of course, I was impatient and kept trying to refresh until my iPad, my drink, and the ash all fell. Strength at this point remains Mild. Second Third In the second half; the cherry liqueur chocolate remains and turns a bitter dark chocolate with the wood notes turning into a charred oak/cedar. There is an almond/walnut nut note in the second half but it lays behind the wood and chocolate, it usually shows for me during the retro-hale. At this point, the cigar is at Mild-Medium. Final Third The burn line needed some touch-ups in the final third, the weather cools down and gets a little dewy, I live on the coast so this happens often while I'm smoking. Also, a mouse decided to make an appearance during this time so I spent a couple minutes throwing rocks to keep it away from my blueberry bushes. Anyhow cigar stayed about the same, notes of oak/cedar, bitter chocolate, and a coffee note are introduced with some pepper coming back into the picture. Cigar in the final third ends at a medium. Overall this was a good mild-medium cigar, smoke time was just under 1hr. I think this cigar will be prime at 5 years of age, there is still a vegetal green note to it that I think will be gone at 5 years and help the main notes shine. Overall I would rate this cigar a 3.5 out of 5 Thanks for listening to my TED talk. Cheers and Happy New Year. -Hobo_Lobo

I love it when I have a cigar that qualifies for a review weekend! Let's proceed. Trinidad Reyes 4.3" (110mm) x 40 Preliminaries: What a nice looking cigar. Bought these a month or two during a 24: 24 sale. They're HQ grade. Beautiful, gold Colorado wrapper. Some vens, including a few Frankenstein stitches, but nothing major. I cut the cap, and the draw is snug. Cigar feels very solid and well-rolled in the hand. Light and initial thoughts: Takes to flame easily enough. The draw is snug, but I'm getting enough smoke. Right off the bat,the cigar is stronger in body and flavor than I thought they'd be when I bought them. There is some spice on the retrohale, but none on the tongue. Very smooth. El Pres frequently says these taste like cake in his descriptions, and I can kind of see it, though it is definitely more of a coffee cake than an iced birthday cake. The wrapper leaf feels rather thick, and I'm having a but of tunnelling on the burn, though the other sample I had from this box burned perfectly, so I suspect it's just not properly acclimatized yet. I'm getting a bit of leather and maybe some light coffee bean. A little nutty (cashew maybe?) as I move into the 2nd half. These are a but pricier than most Habanos in this size range. That said, I find it to be very well made, and it offers a smoking time more in line with marevas or robustos, and the presentation is classy with the SBN box and pigtails, so it's not a BAD value. I tend to like my cigars on the younger side, but I might bury these for a few years to see if I can get some added sweetness and depth to the flavors. As it is, this is a very nice cigar. My CA rating would be an 89 or so. Final smoke time 50 minutes exactly. Likely would have been longer if not for multiple touch ups to the burn.

If you had to choose one box of minutos to buy now from current (recent 2015-16) production, which one would you buy? and what would be your close second? feel free to explain why. Criteria is enjoyable flavorful smoke, not price. My favorite marcas right now are hoyo and monte but looking to expand my palate: Partagas shorts Scdlh el principe Rascc bcj trini reyes I've included the trini reyes, although not a minuto, but it's close enough in size 40x110