Reviews
Date Added: Saturday 11 May, 2013
My first review of my first Hoyo Epicure No.1
Great looking cigar with double banding and very good construction minimum veining and very smooth
The draw is excellent with tastes of fruit and malt in first and second thirds with spice coming in for the final third
Burn was good with a nice aroma and lasted 1 1/2 hours
To sum up the Hoyo Epicure No 1
Construction: excellent
Draw: excellent
Strength: medium throughout
Taste: fruity, malt for first and second thirds then with added cool spice for the final third
Burn: good
Aroma: nice
Overall: this is a fabulous cigar which in my opinion is better than the Epicure No.2 and well worth getting these in your humidor
Score: I score these 93/100
Like a milder fruitier D4 will definitely be getting more of thes
Date Added: Monday 22 April, 2013
For Simon, I think you will find this Robusto cigar may fit your requirements, 50RG suburb looking with the double banding, a good draw and medium strength with notes of fruit and spice through out, I would also recommend the Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchill 55RG a very decadent looking cigar with a suburb draw again medium strength with notes of caramel, fruit and spice both are truly outstanding cigars.
Date Added: Tuesday 02 April, 2013
All I can say is WOW! This must rate as one of the best Robustos around. I loved the mild aroma with plenty of smoke, the cigar had a creamy taste, it burned very evenly and never got hot until the very end. The cigar seemed of an excellent standard of construction. I will purchase more of these without any doubt and cannot wait to try the Petit Robusto and the Epicure Especial. An excellent breakfast and day time cigar..
Date Added: Friday 29 March, 2013
This was my first smoke since giving up cigarettes 16 years ago. A very gentle reintroduction to the temptations of tobacco. Drew well. No overwhelming nicotine. Remained very pleasant all the way through. No bitterness. Very enjoyable - would be a very good beginner smoke
Date Added: Monday 25 February, 2013
A Tight draw is a consequence of the individual cigar roller and not the cigar it's self, any hand made cigar whether Cuban or Non Cuban can have a tight draw especially if the roller is inexperienced and the sad fact is that buying several single cigars especially at the same time will usually come from the same box and same roller so every body takes the same risk and the only indication your cigar may have a hard draw is feeling hard spots or knots especially around the band and cap area.
HOW TO DEAL WITH A PLUGGED HARD TO DRAW CIGAR, When the cigar wrapper is applied starting at the foot and ending at the cap the wrapper is twisted like an old fashioned sweet wrapper, cut then pushed into the end to form a flat surface for the cap to be applied, if too much of twisted wrapper is pushed into the head of the cigar it can become plugged, SO HOW TO REDUCE / ELIMINATE HARD DRAW (1) Try rolling the head and band area between your thumb and four finger for about 30 seconds this may loosen the the plugged tobacco (2)Cut the cigar again further down the cap but above the cap rim (3)If (1
Date Added: Sunday 24 February, 2013
Very let down. Didn't burn well and had a very hard draw. Felt like I was sucking for England but getting nowhere. Have another 3 of these in my humidor
Only hope they are better than this one !!!
