Review of Hoyo De Monterrey Epicure Especial

[kart001]

Hi everyone

This review will be about the Hoyo De Monterrey Epicure Especial

Wrapper color : Colorado

Type : Double robusto

Pre light : mostly herbal and cedar. The construction seems good.

1st third : I was expecting something sweet and was a little surprised because the savour was a little bitter but not unpleasant.

On the retrohaling, the aromas are from my point of view vegetal (herbal) and cacao.

 2nd third : the flavour stays bitter and the aromas become a little more on the nuts (very pleasant) with also some wood (oak I’ll say).

3rd third : No big changes on the savour and the aromas tend now more toward the « toasted » with still the wood andnthe nuts even more pronounced (almonds maybe).

I was a little disappointed with the burning with an uneven burning of the cigar I had to compensate twice (cf pictures).  

 

What I liked :

• Some nice aromas (nuts especially)
• good density of the smoke

What I didn’t like :

• a limited panel sensorial
• a little bitter (to my mind)
• the burning

I guess you’ll have understood but I’m a little « divided » : not a bad cigar at all but I was expecting something « more »  or maybe I don’t have enough experience to really enjoy it. I guess I’ll try in a few months (and maybe with a cigar a little more aged »).

 

So general rating will be 7/10 for me because if it wasn’t a « crush », I nevertheless had a good time with this cigar :).

[jonahs_whale]

I realize that this is a really old post, but found it as I was doing some google searching. What you're describing in terms of bitterness as well as bad burn, it sounds like your stick was over humidified