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LA Herencia Cubana?
Celtic Rider
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anyone dig these smokes? That 24 hour deal is running out and it looks good! Any feedback would be great! I searched the fourm before I posted this time, didn't see any about them, thanks
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The deal was too sweet to pass up. These sticks have to be worth $2 a pop for sure. And if not, I'll pass them to y'all in the Fun & Games
You may want to seek a less-biased opinion
Right now, I'm too tired to give much more than that, and quite frankly I'm just not knowledgeable enough to give a thorough explanation. I'll leave that part to the Jedi masters on the board.
The overall construction and pre-light appeal was high. The light was easy and the burn surprisingly even, considering it was a very windy evening. My favorite factor in the construction was the cap, which looked like it might have been a Cuban style triple. At the very least, it was really well made.
The initial flavor had a lot of pepper to it. More like smoking a Don Pepin than a SC Cuban Cabinet, but not really overwhelming. Some sweetness still came through and developed until it was the dominant flavor by about 1/3 of the way through. I am assuming the extra sweetness compared to the SC Cuban Classic had to do with the EqSu wrapper, but again I do not know much about this style of wrapper. Through the meat of the cigar the flavor remained slightly sweet with a lot of nice woody flavor. Roughly comparable to the Cuban Cabinet in terms of fullness and flavor development.
Overall, I thought this was a great buy for the price. I will need to have a few more in order to decide which I prefer between this and the Cuban Cabinet. They are just different enough to make me want to buy both. I was pleased to find this as I consider it a hallmark of a good blender/manufacturer if his sticks don't all taste like the same thing with a different band.
Just had two cigars one last night and one tonight.
I consider it a good smoke, not familiar with all the Ecuadorian wrappers but boy it burned incredibly even. Great experience of proper burning, and if you follow propper smoking you'll enjoy this cigar.
Although I've got other favorites above this one, the price of $2.50 each was a great buy. On my scale of 1-to-10 I'll give it a 7.
I'm also really looking forward to working my way through the AJ Fernandez sampler that came with them. I love the Cuban Cabinets and have been wanting to try Man'o'war.
The Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet has long been a favorite of mine and was the first AJ Fernandez' offering I had. Having smoked a few now, I would place the La Herencia Cuban on the same appeal level, although they are surprisingly different cigars. The LHC's start off with a bit of spice upon lighting, but it is less strong than the Cuban Cabinets. Both cigars have a similar earthy flavor throughout, but where they are really distinct is in the slight sweetness of the LHC. It is not overpowering like some Sumatra wrapped cigars, but rather a subtle compliment to the earthy, peaty flavor which dominates. They don't evolve much through the burn, other than the loss of the initial spice, but that's not necessarily bad.
As for the sampler, it was also my first opportunity to experience the Man O' War. This is not the super heavy full cigar that the description would have you believe it is, but it is definitely a few notches above the Cuban Cabinet or LHC on the fullness scale. I'd place it somewhere in the middle of the Don Pepin Garcia strength range, for comparison. The easiest description I can think of for the Man O' War, having only smoked one, is that it is very much like a fuller bodied version of the LHC. It has a similar earthy flavor profile, but kicked up a notch. The thing that impressed me most was that the subtle sweetness was not lost to the increased intensity. The Ecuadorian Habano wrapper on these things is amazing and, I suspect, largely responsible for the flavor profile remaining so well balanced despite the extra strength.
Overall, the three cigars in the AJ Fernandez sampler are among my favorite sticks right now, and each is well worth their price.
Hmm...ok then, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the info Joe, and for the description Scott.