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I took a shot on this budget cigar as part of my initial stocking in my new humidor. This cigar is a spin off of Joya's wildly popular Antano (which I haven't tried). The wrapper is the same as the Antano, a Nicaraguan colorado, while the mixture differs a bit and for this piece contains cuban seed criollo long fillers from the Estelli, Condega and Jalapa valleys.
Pre-light aroma was very cedary. Upon lighting the flavors where heavy cedar and light spice. Down the first third the spice fades leaving cedar and leather. After the half way point the leather comes to the front with some earthy tones and the cedar is starting to fade. By the last portion it's almost all leather and meduim tobacco flavors and the nicotine is starting to kick in. Also, the wrapper on this sucker is a hearty one. Pretty thick, as is the binder. Well constructed.
For being a $2.50 cigar, this thing is very good and quite comples. You normally don't get this type of flavor variance from a bugdet stick. I'd call this a medium-full cigar. Very well done Joya.
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Ratters 06:40 PM 02-04-2012
Nice review. Love these sticks. Thanks for the reminder to get some more.
:-)
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Bad Finger 11:20 PM 02-04-2012
Thanks for the review, INT. Just ordered me a bundle due to you!
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cobra03 11:29 PM 02-04-2012
Nice review. I tried these a while back and they just didnt do anything for me. Not bad just didnt stand out, but he price point is hard to beat.
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cigarsmoker2543 10:00 PM 02-05-2012
fencefixer 10:22 PM 02-05-2012
The Antano is one of my favorites. Thanks for the review, I'll definitely have to check this one out.
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Ratters 01:40 AM 02-06-2012
Originally Posted by cigarsmoker2543:
Where do I purchase
CI has them, so does cigar.com, but it's pricier there. JR's used to carry them but don't seem to anymore.
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Zeuceone 03:16 AM 02-06-2012
havent seen these around. will try them out.
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irratebass 04:38 AM 02-06-2012
Originally Posted by Ratters:
CI has them, so does cigar.com, but it's pricier there. JR's used to carry them but don't seem to anymore.
Nice review and thanks for this info, I also want one now.
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Great review brother
:-) I have a few of these and they are good smokes
:-)
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Islayphile 09:15 AM 02-06-2012
I love the original Antano and when I tried these I was underwhelmed due to burn issues.
It was probably my own fault not letting them rest long enough though.
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Ratters 06:37 PM 02-12-2012
The one's I got burned pretty well, but yeah they sat awhile before I smoked them.
And I just picked up another bundle off CI.
:-) Thanks for the reminder.
:-)
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Islayphile 09:12 AM 02-13-2012
Originally Posted by Ratters:
The one's I got burned pretty well, but yeah they sat awhile before I smoked them.
And I just picked up another bundle off CI. :-) Thanks for the reminder. :-)
Yeah, I've always been an impatient bastage
:-)
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Blak Smyth 09:15 AM 02-13-2012
Thanks for the review! You make it sound good, I might have to grab one if I run into one.
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