Hoyo De Monterrey Du Prince: SOM ENE 16 : Discontinued Cigar Review Weekend

[Ethernut]

Sorry for not manicuring my nails for this Gents! Let's burn this money!! 

Draw - Firm side of perfect, I like a little resistance.. Resistance is futile..

 

All tasting notes below in order of occurrence 

1st Third

Boom! Cream, espresso creama, this mouth feel is so tangible, med/full, grass fed butter melting in the mouth, holy crap thick mouth feel, I chew it, swishing this around like mouthwash..

 

Good gawd maple syrup and bready awesomeness, dammit.... now I want some pancakes. PANCAKES!!! PANCAKES!!!

 

I find my mind making soft orgasmic bleats like an herbal essence shampoo commercial from the 90's, eyes rolled back (just a little)

 

This cigar is like this....

 

Second Third..

Getting stronger. Mongrel at 10%, cream base, light fleeting pepper, floral emergence, carter hall, mongrel at 20% and still WAY under control, is this really a fricken 2016 cigar?!?! (Yep)

Charred steak topped with butter, burnt roses, initial toasted foot smell on the tongue, glad I have over a hundred of these about now, Cohibwho???

 

Final Third

This rascal going to break down and go to mierda? Stay tuned..

Bready coffee as it's roasting just as the drying phase is ending and just before caramelization begins, mongrel at 35%, marshmallow golden brown delicious (f'ing really? Yeah...)

Mongrel at 55% and beginning to threaten to shoot kittens.. (Yes, real kittens), (PETA would be so pissed) 

Drycleaning fluid spilled on my hands causing my skin to prune (should've worn gloves), HDM label removed so I don't get essence of paper factory, homemade sage sausage frying in a cast iron skillet, toasted bourbon barrel vanilla, celery seed crushed between your teeth,

This mongrel is like the Goodfellas era Joe Pesci stabbing the tough in the neck with an ink pen, blood everywhere, but with a sensitive side wearing Prada Stilettos.

Sweet floral retrohale posting up a huge regressive middle finger to Attila the Mongrel and his whole freaking horde, "You're going down dirtbags!!" 

"She's starting to shake, she's starting to shimmy.." (Airplane 1) actually, she's starting to burn my freaking 'fanger! Had to lay the ole gal down.. 

Does it get much better.. No, not really. +1 for HDM! Huge thanks to our Indiana Jones Habano's Pirate@El Presidente for turning us on to these!

 

[Ethernut]

PANCAKES!!!!!!!!

 

[Hurltim]

Best...Review...Ever! Robin Williams back in his booger sugar days.

You are my kind of mongrel, sir!
::bows deeply::

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[archosaur]

Oh dear, Ether is hitting the sauce again

Nice review man!

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[Ethernut]

Just now, archosaur said:

Oh dear, Ether is hitting the sauce again

Nice review man!

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I did have two fingers of Caol Illa 12 next to me.  ...and didn't. touch. it. once.. Durned Du Prince was like, "DONT YOU LOOK AWAY, I GOT YOU BY THE JUEVOS." Finished that Isla after - nuts

[SloppyJ]

So let me ask you, how long did you lay these down for. My experience with a 24:24 purchase of Du Princes ROTT was far from pleasant. They've been resting a few weeks now but I'm still hesitant to grab another one. 

[Ethernut]

@SloppyJ They've been down for over 30 days at 63%RH/71 degrees. Of course, not every stick in a box is a cracker. This one was. The first one was less impressive but pleasant.

[SloppyJ]

@Ethernut Thank you man! Obviously the box will differ stick to stick but I might give them another try this weekend. Got mine around 60RH at 66°F. The one I tried, I dry boxed it for a little bit cause it was ROTT. I'll pull this next puppy straight from the humi. Thanks for the review, gives me hope. 

[Ethernut]

9 minutes ago, SloppyJ said:

@Ethernut Thank you man! Obviously the box will differ stick to stick but I might give them another try this weekend. Got mine around 60RH at 66°F. The one I tried, I dry boxed it for a little bit cause it was ROTT. I'll pull this next puppy straight from the humi. Thanks for the review, gives me hope. 

I hope I have a buch of crackers cuz I have like 5 boxes of these rascals! :-)

[Hurltim]

10 hours ago, Ethernut said:

I did have two fingers of Caol Illa 12 next to me.  ...and didn't. touch. it. once.. Durned Du Prince was like, "DONT YOU LOOK AWAY, I GOT YOU BY THE JUEVOS." Finished that Isla after - nuts

Did the same thing with the Coro. Sat the Blanton's down and enjoyed the mass quantities of BUTTAH!

[Ethernut]

5 hours ago, Hurltim said:

Did the same thing with the Coro. Sat the Blanton's down and enjoyed the mass quantities of BUTTAH!

Love me some buttah! I be like.....

 

 

[Pedgy]

Great review Ethernut!!!  Look at getting these when they show up on 24:24/72

[PigFish]

... I have to ask. Are you sure you were smoking a cigar, and was that all that you were smoking??? -LOL

Enjoyed the review, thanks for sharing! -P

[Ethernut]

5 minutes ago, PigFish said:

... I have to ask. Are you sure you were smoking a cigar, and was that all that you were smoking??? -LOL

Enjoyed the review, thanks for sharing! -P

Yes, yes, I deserve that.. Ya know, much of my smoking experience is disconnected from simply flavor. There are emotions and memories that come from the cigar. My review notes are a blend of flavor and stream of consciousness mixed with nostalgia. A great cigar can be a muse.

Thanks brother!

[PigFish]

... it was a-muse(ing) that is for certain!!!

The fact is I like a good entertaining review. Yet I do so few of them anymore. I like to let the ideas stream, but don't want to catch them, log them, take note of them...! I am with you brother...! I am just a catch and release kinda' guy!

-Piggy

[Ethernut]

@PigFish Love that approach too.. Trust me, I catch and release more than I keep ;-)

[Hurltim]

Cigars get us out of the rut, the doldrums of the daily grind. Take a sec and enjoy yourself.

It should be as relaxing as a well-placed F-Bomb

Great stuff

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[PigFish]

3 minutes ago, Hurltim said:

It should be as relaxing as a well-placed F-Bomb


 

... quote of the week! I might have to steal that one!!! -the Pig

[Ethernut]

6 minutes ago, PigFish said:

... quote of the week! I might have to steal that one!!! -the Pig

@Hurltim Here Here!! 

[PigFish]

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7 minutes ago, Ethernut said:

@Hurltim Here Here!! 

In two weeks will be claiming it was my idea... -LOL

-tP

[billh1]

Very entertaining!  

[westg]

Awesome....

[JZBdano]

Great review, I know what I'm smoking this afternoon.

[Sean3]

Now that's how you do a review...well done indeed Ethernut!

[TomF]

22 hours ago, Ethernut said:

This mongrel is like the Goodfellas era Joe Pesci stabbing the tough in the neck with an ink pen, blood everywhere, but with a sensitive side wearing Prada Stilettos.

That was in CASINO actually, but why quibble....great review! Thanks!