Smoke Notes: Primos Habana Criollo Rosado
Loading ...This month Tex Cigars sent me another brand that I have yet to try for review. It is called Primos and it is a bundled cigar. It is made out of Nicaragua by Los Blancos Cigar Company with a Honduras, Nicaragua and Peruvian filler and a Nicaragua binder and wrapper. Weighing in at 6×52 this is a thick toro.
Quote from the LBCC site:
Handcrafted maintaining the high standards of the Blanco family and are the only bundles made with a 3 year aged wrapper. Keeping with family TRADITION these cigars raise the bar regarding VALUE and QUALITY of tobacco used in what are considered “Bundle” cigars.
The fist thing I noticed when I opened the box was the band. It is a scroll with four hands surrounding it. The next thing I noticed was the cigar had a couple imperfections on the wrapper but nothing I was worried about for the price. The cigar seemed very firm to the touch and I thought I would have some draw issues. Happily I was wrong and it smoked like a champ with a good burn and draw throughout. It started off woody then turned at about the first third mark to a tangy flavor. Can’t pick it out but it was pleasant. Smoking wise the only con I found was the head collected more moisture than usual.
Over all at around $2.50 a stick this is another good medium body cigar to have on hand if you want a affordable cigar.
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I was quite surprised by the quality taste of this cigar. For an economical priced cigar, this could easily be a $6 to $8 priced stick. Well worth the few bucks you’ll pay for it at TexCigars.com
Paul
I was surprised when I seen the price on these. It could definitely hang with a $5-$6 smoke.
This very well constructed Rosado tasted great right off the UPS truck, but I limited myself to 5 because I wanted to see what the cigar would be like after a few months in the humidor.
After 10 months I can definitely tell you, things have changed.
The wrapper has married with the binder and filler to absolute perfection!
At this stage these cigars are equal in every way to the fine Cuban made (pre-Castro)Spanish Style Rosados my father used to share with my brother and myself.
I didn’t think I’d taste this wonderfully aromatic blend until relations with Cuba are normalised.
The delicate Rosado wrappers won’t put up with much abuse, this isn’t a good cigar for golf, hunting, or puttering around the yard.
When you have time to let the cigar speak to you, pour yourself a nice snifter of fine brandy, relax in you’r “easy chair”, and enjoy, because it don’t get no better than this!
Otis-Glad to say I still have one that has been resting for some time now. I think I will get it out this weekend. Thanks!