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San Lotanos by AJ Fernandez
suneet21
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Anyone get a chance to smoke these cigars? I think there was a special promo on these guys buy cigar.com. A friend and a split a Maduro and Habano sampler as we are both fans of AJ Fernandez (him more so than me). I tried the Maduro first. I do enjoy box presses cigars and went with a regular cut instead of hole punching it. I found the draw to by very light and airy, and the construction a little loose. Well balanced but not a lot of complexity/depth to it, and it was mild enough to cycle through the nose without getting that itch to sneeze. I still have plenty more of the sampler to try and wanted to see if anyone else had tried it yet and what their experience was.
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Amazing how much more energery a little guy takes once he starts crawling. . .
So the first thing I liked about it was the toothy, rustic looking, veiny maduro wrapper, that had a great texture to it. This cigar really has an old school feel to it. I actually chewed on the cap a little after I cut it, to get a hint of what I was getting into. I've been smoking for years but don't have the most refined palate, but when I was chewing on the cap I got a good punch of a complex blend of spices with some raisins and an overall sweet chewing tobacco taste.
When I lit it, I was initially hit with some of the same flavors as I mentioned above (though more subdued initially) and they remained throughout the smoke, building in flavor. The strength as well as the body and flavor of the cigar definitely seemed to build throughout the cigar after starting out pretty medium, and I also noticed alot of rustic earthiness which seemed to grow stronger the farther into the cigar I got, which was a nice compliment spices and chewing tobacco sweetness. The cigar had a dry feel to it, wasn't too heavy in the hand and had an easy draw, but even though I'm a fairly quick smoker it still took me about an hour and a half to get through that 6 x 60 monster. And the smoke remaind really cool, until the last inch when it started to heat up. Overall the cigar was definitely strong (talking nicotine here), and was a pretty full bodied/full flavored cigar with an easy draw that produced a ton of dry smoke.
All in all, despite the hype behind the brand, I was still impressed. It didn't blow me away, but I really enjoyed it, and look forward to my two Maduros and two Habanos that are resting away. Let me know what you guys think. I've been smoking for years and this is the first time I've tried to actually write a review, I might have jumped around a bit, but those are my thoughts.
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