Just finished a Fumadore from by JPG. It was the robusto 5" with a 50 ring. These are a sandwich made cigar by Jose Pepin Garcia. These have an Ecuadorian wrapper, and a Nicaraguan Corojo, Criollo and Habano seed tobaccos.
I just received these today and will let the rest set in the humidor for a while. First impression are: wrapper a bit vainy, but was constructed well. Cap did not unravel when cut. Draw was very good. Burn was very good and it held an ash for about 2". Not bad for a sandwich made cigar.
The cigar lit nicely and burned evenly throughout the whole cigar. The cigar had a spicy taste and had slight hint of oak and leather.
For and inexpensive cigar, I think I will like it for a daily smoke. It was and enjoyable 35 to 40 minutes.
Posts: 142 | Location: Irrigon, OR | Registered: February 05, 2005
Fumadores are relatively new to the market, and are sold mainly through Holt's. Smoked both the churchill and toro sizes. Both have a habit of smoking dry, and at times, I found many to be underfilled. That being said, they are packed with plenty of smoke, and the draw is good, however, there have been time where I ate the contents of that sandwich. It is a good cigar for the money, and will certainly give JR's Alternatives and Consuerga line a run for their money,(please pardon the redundancy).
JD is correct about Holts selling them. In fact, I think they are an exclusive form Holts. So far, I have had no problems with the tobacco coming out when drawing. I have been using a double bladed cutter on mine, but if I have the same problem JD had with the tobacco coming out, I would start using a punch instead of a cutter. None the less these are not bad for the price.
Posts: 142 | Location: Irrigon, OR | Registered: February 05, 2005
Ahha, found em. I might give em a try for that go-to smoke since I have never had anything from DPG that I didn't like. As a matter of fact, half my stock is all Tatuaje/DPG, the other half Arturo Fuente.
Posts: 1310 | Location: CT | Registered: November 01, 2007
