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Posted

Some time ago Smithy recommended these to me, so as a little

Tribute to Smithy, yes, you will be missed,

here is my review:

Nice thin, tensile colorado wrapper,

solid construction with a slight restriction on the draw, just as I like it

and, as a matter of fact is harder to find in recent production.

Good slight barnyard smell at cold and a quaility tobacco cold draw.

Flavours in the

first third:

Dry cocoa powder and light coffee plus a seven spice mix, an occasional bitter edge.

2nd third: more sweet spices, now easier to delineate -

cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, most certainly nutmeg, and a distant pepperiness,

quality toasted tobacco

and a (bitter-) sweet note which Rob always calls molasses, and in most cases of SCdlH Principe I agree with that, however this one was more like liquorice to me but I guess it's a quite similar perception of

the odd San Cristobal sweetness nonetheless.

last third: the toasted tobacco verges more and more towards malty cereal,

more pronounced and creamy coffee flavours and, just at the end,

a beautiful exotic perfume note reminiscent of patchouli

as I sometimes find in good Montecristo's, in particular in Especial No. 2.

Moreover, a cigar of great charm and deligthful complexity,

I would rate the first half with its occasional bitter edge 89-90,

but in total, as it just got better and better,

a solid 92 - and well deserved!

Cheers,

Alex

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Posted

i love having one with a morning coffee and the newspaper...cool review!

cheers,

t

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Great review, I'm waiting on my box to show up. I love the flavors of SCDLH and the El Principe is a perfect size for when I don't have lots of time to enjoy a cigar.

Posted

the San Cristobal line is a favorite of mine and underrated in the main.

Posted

the San Cristobal line is a favorite of mine and underrated in the main.

+1

Posted

I had my first yesterday and was a bit disappointed, was primarily earth and leather flavours, went very bitter during the 2nd half. However after reading this review and the comments I feel I might have got a bad stick, maybe I'll try another sometime soon.

  • 8 months later...
Posted

sometimes these take a little time to come good with a rest.

but theyre glorious cigars.

i had a box recently with amonia even 10 months in.... but when it snapped out of its harshness (i was trying one every couple of months) all i can say is sensational.

Other boxes are ready to smoke ROTT.

Ive never had a bad stick...

If youre getting some harshness... they need more rest

  • 2 months later...
Posted

Thanks for the review, always wanted to try the El Principe, but hard to find a shop that has it since it's very unpopular brand. And the size is perfect for us in the cold tundra of Canada.

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