smaller, thinner cigar, perfecto shape (tapered head and foot), machine finished, pronounced box press, full-bodied, supposedly no longer in production. Not, in my experience, a particularly flavorful cigar. Reminiscent of the smaller Cuaba cigars that I, for one, don't particularly like. I find them to be grassy, unbalanced, flat and 'hot'. There are many cigars out there that are much better (that's opinion)...for example, any corona gorda (Magnum 46, RS11, Punch Punch, and so on), or even a Monte 3.
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Posts: 10308 | Location: Avenida de las Nalgas, Quericæstan | Registered: May 02, 2002
I like these. Pretty strong, with rich flavor. Unfortunately discontinued & harder to find. I have a schitzoid box from 99. The smokeable ones are great, but a fair percentage of the box has been VERY tightly rolled or plugged.
I find these to be rich and full-bodied, but not "strong" per se. Despite their small size, I find this to be one of the slowest burning cigars around. And because the flavor is so dense and deep, it cannot be rushed at all in the smoking. Also, although I do not know about whether they are still in production, or when they might have gone out of production, the ones I have smoked have varied from 10-12 years old and seem to need every bit of that age to reach their peak. JMHO Pmag
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Posts: 238 | Location: NJ | Registered: September 24, 2002
I was attracted to these by the shape and the fact that I love all R&J cigars.
The disappointing fact was that every cigar I purchased at 4 different cigars stores was poorly constructed, plugged and did not burn well. Very disappointing.
Try R&J Cazadores...very underappreciated.
Posts: 4 | Location: Canada | Registered: July 19, 2002
