Hoyo De Monterrey Le Hoyo du Maire EOG CCUO

[Guest]

Sweet review!

IMO... This really looks to be a must try for anyone who claims to be a cigar enthusiast.

[smokum]

I smoked thru a box of these this past winter. I never wrote the box code down but I think they were 06 stock. Between the Cohiba Panatela, Monte Joyita and these Du Maire I found these were awful powerful for such a small cigar. They drenched the mouth in strong flavors , leaving a hell of a thick aftertaste. I never gave them a chance to age. I think they probably needed some time to settle down.

[El Presidente]

Spot on Bob.

They can be powerfull buggers when young. I enjoy the strength of young du Maire but they lack in complexity. Still when I am rigging my fly rod and putting the outboard on the canoe this is the cigar I reach for. You know those 6am mornings when the water is flat and the birds in full cry. The smoke from a cigar just hangs in the still air. Fantastic mix ....small du Maire,great cup of coffee and the anticipation of a great day on the water. By the time the rods are laying down in the holders, the Hummingbird fishfinder switched on and the outboard clicked into forward gear....the du Maire has finished its job. 25 minutes in total. Some rituals are sheer pleasure

It was about three years ago that Des and I were in the Nacional Hotel Divan and I came across a few 1998 boxes of Du Maire which we purchased. Des was not into large cigars and he wanted something he could enjoyonce or twice per day. Fast forward twodays and he would have gone through four of the du Maire before his 10am Pina Colada.

The sheer cocoa/milk chocolate sweetness of these cigars when aged is a revelation.

[smokum]

I may need to have a box of aged to try....Lisa ???

[Ken Gargett]

» Hoyo De Monterrey Le Hoyo du Maire EOG CCUO

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» These came from the PCC Aged List ($150 USD/$265 AUD) less discounts.

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» I was at lunch with Ken on Monday when I handed one of these little

» fella's to him. He looked sceptical. A man who feels the Saint Luis Rey DC

» and Partagas Lusitania are too small .....is going to have trouble taking

» this cigar seriously.

sceptical is correct. these things make matchsticks look big and i find them resembling cigarettes too much. as someone who has never had a cigarette in his life, and no ntention of starting, i am immediately put off but the size. i do like the bigger cigars - a cigar should be an event, an occasion, or at least contribute to one - and these are little more than fillers.

all that sai, i am not averse to thinner ring gauges and smaller (about PC is the limit) on occasions. but these were crackers. had two and loved them. loads of flavour. heaps of coffee, chocolate and occasionally some stonefruit. terrific little smokes. but i wouldn't buy them personally. if you do like small things in your life (rob likes them as he is happy catching small fish etc), then you'll love these.

[Colt45]

» all that sai, i am not averse to thinner ring gauges and smaller (about PC

» is the limit) on occasions. but these were crackers. had two and loved

» them. loads of flavour. heaps of coffee, chocolate and occasionally some

» stonefruit. terrific little smokes. but i wouldn't buy them personally.

KG, for the sake of conversation, aren't we all really smoking for flavor? Aesthetics aside, wouldn't you

rather smoke two smaller full flavored cigars instead of one larger so-so cigar? (Mag 50, SLR DC '05)

And while I agree that these cigars in particular are very small, I'm thinking more along the lines of

P SdC3 or the like. For me in the end, I'd rather smoke one small cigar that leaves me wanting another,

than spend more time with mediocrity.

I guess I'm thinking quality versus quantity.

[El Presidente]

Hoyo De Monterrey Le Hoyo du Maire EOG CCUO

These came from the PCC Aged List ($150 USD/$265 AUD) less discounts.

I was at lunch with Ken on Monday when I handed one of these little fella's to him. He looked sceptical. A man who feels the Saint Luis Rey DC and Partagas Lusitania are too small .....is going to have trouble taking this cigar seriously.

I was at an advantage however as I had tried severla late last week and this week it has been my constant companion when taking photo's of exceptional boxes.

This is a Small Panetela 30 x 100 (3.9")

My rule with small guage/ short length cigars is that they need to make a statement quickly and must entertain you for the 20-25 minutes that they enter your life.

I have been a lover of the du Maire for many years. I had forgotten how great aged du Maire can be.

There is quite a strong pre light aroma to the cigar. Sweet spice and tobacco. Construction is great albeit the cigars can look a little rustic. These examples are as good as they get.

Clipped the tiny cap and welcomed the perfect draw. Sweetness is on the lips pre light.

Fired up the little Panetela and it takes off like a rocket. STRONG, rich, sweet. Plenty of smoke eminates from the cigar and the aroma is all cinnamon/sandlewood.

du Maire Settles quickly into a medium/medium full profile and there is just a washing over the tongue of milk chocolate. There are times that I swear I was eating a block of Cadbury milk chocolate. I could see that Ken was looking at the cigar quite intensely. He met my inquisitive look and said "this is very good".

Sweet milk chocolate just continues to was the palate to the very end. There is some aged toasted tobacco in the mix but this is essentially a cigar for the sweet tooths.

This level of smooth succulent sweetness can only come from an aged cigar and a blend designed to effect it. Kudos.

The perfect 25 minute cigar with coffee.

Perfection in a Small Panetela. 93

[frenchkiwi]

I have 5 boxes of these from 2000.

The first box i bought individually a few months ago. Once opened had relatively light wrappers and were all a little on the tight side (even for entreactos - that's tight!), pretty standard flavours - wood leather, medium-body, no real sweetness (which kind of disappointed me as i was counting on these to go with coffee and i really like a sweet thing with my short blacks - read ERDM demi-tasse for ex.) nothing to write home about but nothing to complain about either.

Then, today after reading this post, i thought i'd check out the other boxes which i remembered looked quite a lot darker. Well they were, closer to a maduro colour (well almost) than the light brown of the first box.

Plucked one out and lit it up and well... way-hey i was in flavour heaven. Compared to a dozen i'd smoked from the 1st box, this lil fella had a whole new range of aromas on top of the wood-leather: dark chocolate, straight cocoa, lil' spice with hint of chili, cinnamon, maybe a little licorice, and a discrete but underlying sweetness as well (put that in with the dark chocolate). Closer to Medium-Full bodied than the Medium of the earlier box but then again i smoked it quicker. The sweetness had a biscuity flavour to it, a bit like a Reyes. But the whole cocoa group of flavours was like a slightly toned down maduro (i'm sacrilegiously thinking rocky patel vintage 90, padron 1926 or oliva serie G maduro here)

Nice easy draw, lots of white smoke too. Boy it was good. Went down and smoked it on the beach here, was a bit windy which prob took away from the experience somewhat but hey, i was on a mission. Fastest smoke time ever, i gobbled it up in just over 15mn, burnt my lips on the way down but yearned for more - like a greedy child eyeing up the rest of the cake before he's wiped the bits of his face from the last piece.

So thanks to El Presidente for giving me hope. I've had the odd du Maire over the years but this is the first one i've really enjoyed. And the best thing is i've got another few boxes to go.

[thechenman]

Wow...the du Marie sounds like it would make a great winter smoke. Short, but full of flavor. Will definitely have to keep these in mind as the flavor profile sounds amazing.

[sandholm]

I love your revie wof the du Maire, have to get a box

Rob could you see what you can find of the Maire in the premium selection?

cheers