Mattygukas Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (Review of my first experience with the Superiores) Ramon Allones Superiores – 5.6 x 46 This cigar is a “limited edition” (although they keep coming it seems) Cuban from Ramon Allones. An estimated 5000 boxes (boxed of ten only) were made. Most responses are positive for this series and many call it a high quality medium bodied cigar that stays true to the Ramon Allones DNA. I’m somewhat skeptical of that since most limited editions take on a very different profile vs. the norm except maybe Montecristo. Most limited edition cigars provide a chocolate profile regardless of the brand so we shall see what this brings. Look & Feel This cigar looks nice medium brown wrapper with an ever so slight red hue to it. The veins are tiny and there are only a few of moderate size. The seams are invisible and the wrapper has a slightly oily/waxy look and feel to it. The pre-lit draw offers good resistance and give a slight leather and woody note. The aroma of the cigar brings leathery and a slight earth smell. This is a beautiful looking cigar and I can’t wait to get started. Foot Third To start, leather with some earth and a general nuttiness. Medium body and very smooth, no spice to speak of. The retrohale was really smooth with a slight white pepper. The draw is perfect and the burn is sharp and a tight long ash. The flavors add an apricot and fruitcake flavor to the leather and earth. Late in this third you get a cream added as well. The finish remains leather and earth and is fairly long and the smoke is plentiful but moderate in thickness. Very enjoyable in every way, what a great start. Body Third The body starts with all of those fruit flavors with the leather and slight earth. The retrohale provides a nice white pepper with occasional sweet spices. Construction is great and you find yourself enjoying and looking for all of the flavors. Midway the flavors shift to a leather and deeper earth with an earthy finish with white and light black pepper. Creamy and occasional floral notes come and go which are nice hints throughout this third. The complexity so far is pretty high. Head Third This third started to move back to the apricot and fruit cake with sweet spices on the draw with leather as the binding flavor. Earth has really moved to the finish and the retrohale is smooth and white and black pepper are your main flavors. Towards the end of this third you add citrus notes with the apricot flavors, orange rind is the flavor and gives you a very nice switch. (Others had woody notes but I did not detect those) This cigar was not hot at all until the burn was at my fingers! The enjoyable flavors lasted until my fingers blistered. Summary This cigar was a great cigar even at 18 months of age. Being a special edition, I was surprised it had a similar profile to the actual brand as many Cuban LE cigars don’t. (most are chocolate and espresso profiles) The construction was great and the flavors were just as good. The value on this cigar is also good. At nearly ten dollars per stick when purchased by the box, it is hard to say they are not worth the money. Flavors of leather, apricot, fruitcake, earth, cream, white pepper, black pepper, sweet spices, and orange rind are all present at different times. Well-balanced, well-blended, well-constructed, and well-priced, what else could you ask for? Great job to Habanos on these cigars! L&F-92 Construction-95 Flavor-97 Value-97 Overall- 96 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke6 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Very nice review. The pics are great. You need a cigar pick my friend, so you can save those fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbone Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Great review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subport Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 well done review. one of my favourite cigar for quite some time now. I don´t think I remember any LCDH release was chocolate driven as the general yearly LE. those are the ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonk Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Great review, it is indeed a great cigar, that should improve even further with more age on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimalia Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Fantastic review. So much detail. I haven't had a Superior, but they're definitely on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattygukas Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Great review, it is indeed a great cigar, that should improve even further with more age on it!I did buy two boxes that are sitting Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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