Jose L Piedra Petit Cetros Cigar - 1 Single

Date Added: Thursday 19 April, 2012 by Stephen

Came here to edit my review but I can't so I'm writing another. Bought 5 of these as the first one I had was okay and at this price... I won't be buying any more. I've smoked 3 of them so far. First one was a very hard draw, but manageable, second was okay but the third was completely unsmokeable. It was almost impossible to draw on so it kept going out and the wrapper had unravelled *completely* by the time I got half way so I threw what was left away. I never thought I would get one that was that bad. It was embarrassing, frankly. If they can be that bad I wouldn't even keep them to give away.

Date Added: Thursday 19 January, 2012 by Stephen

I'm new to cigar smoking and road testing a few at the moment but I will be returning to this cigar. I really enjoyed the taste. It is very sweet to begin with but does get spicier. However, mine got quite hard to draw on pretty quickly and I got some fairly serious unravelling past the 2/3. Looking at other reviews it seems that QC might be the problem here. I will be trying this again though, as well as other cigars from Piedra.

Date Added: Tuesday 08 November, 2011 by Tomas

It has a smooth and very light taste which is also a bit sweet, but gets somewhat spicy after the half. However, the flavour is just too plain for me. Draw is fairly tight, but you can work with it. Mine lasted about 30 mins. Overall, you get what you pay for, but it is a good everyday smoke for a good price.

Date Added: Wednesday 27 April, 2011 by Ash

Has a really bad experience with the Cazadores, so i wasn't expecting much from this. I'm glad i wasn't. It wasn't as harsh as i'd feared, but it was totally plugged somewhere towards the head, so i had to cut it in the middle and smoke it from there. Found it to be almost just as unpleasant as the other cigar i've tried of this brand, and don't plan on trying them again.

Date Added: Thursday 17 March, 2011 by Tim

A recent pack of these I had (not from here) were a real disappointment. One wrapper and binder was so badly split and unravelled that the cigar was unsmokeable. The other four in the pack were very solid and plugged at the band or between the band and foot - over-filled I think. One was plugged so badly it was impossible to get it to even light, never mind draw, another two very hard work, and the plugs got worse as the cigar heated up. Even relieving them with a steel skewer did little to help. A pity as the flavour is actually not bad at all. Hopefully these examples were from from an isolated bad batch.

Date Added: Wednesday 25 August, 2010 by Ed

It's a cliche but you really do get what you pay for. This doesn't compare with any of the other (handful) of Cubans I've tried but it is less than half the price too. Not the nicest looking wrapper. Pre lighting the aroma is smooth and a little woody but with no particular character being given away. Once lit the same applies. The flavour to me was plain and became spicy at around half way. Fairly tight draw but cool, smooth smoke and not at all unpleasant. Lasted about half an hour. Would recommend as an good everyday sort of cigar.