Reviews
Date Added: Thursday 15 December, 2016
Last week I sampled the new Juan Lopez Superba RE16. Today I wanted to make a nice review of the regular production Juan Lopez No 2.
Juan Lopez No 2 is in my opinion one of the best Constructed Havanas. It has a lovely wrapper. (I Love them when they come with a dark wrapper) The construction in flavour is amazing.
The first part of this robusto 124mm x 50 is extremely woody (The regional edition one smells like nuts, this one smells sweet and woody) the first flavours are extremely lovely wood, and very sweet brown sugar notes.
The second part is very mellow on my palate, I can recognise a few small notes of almonds.
The third part is getting much more full bodied. Flavours are becoming very rich in sweet notes, some smooth white pepper notes, a bit spicy on my palate but just a little.
The draw is lovely. I cannot find any problems in this cigar. Wonderful smoke.
I would like to recommend trying this cigar with our two Stalla Dhu whiskies, if you like to combine flavours. For the first sweet part of the cigar, try our Stalla Dhu Islay; you can combine the sweetnes
Date Added: Sunday 11 December, 2016
First JL ever. Not too shabby to look at but not a thing of wonder. The flavours started straight away with the usual cubanesc wood and spice. I want to say I picked on up on some milk chocolate but that would be a smidge fanciful but there was something in th way of pleasant confectionery somewhere towards the end of the first third. So, woody, spicy, choclatey (maybe) but then definite wood and some, not entirely unpleasant, bitterness. This cigar is far from one dimensional! It is definitely not the best at anything but it does have something that soooo many cigars don't achieve; it takes you through a flavour journey that twists and turns, it keeps you thinking. For this alone, I think I'm a fan. I would recommend and buy again. An ageing box would be an interesting project.
Date Added: Wednesday 30 November, 2016
If you're lucky enough to get one of these without quality issues, then for under a fiver you will get the taste of a Montecristo No.4 at less than half the price. True, they are not as pleasing on the eye, but you get a real taste of Cuba on a budget. I've sampled about a dozen so far, however when I got a 5 pack I had to throw 4 out of 5 away due to terrible construction and a draw that was plugged so badly I went blue in the face! It almpst feels like a game of Russian roulette when you get to the checkout. Good luck.
Date Added: Sunday 27 November, 2016
Nice smoke good draw lasted 1 hour 15 minutes got nice woody taste from the start with creamy and pepper flavours half way through I found it a nice cigar cheap and Cuban what more could you want I recommend this one to all
Review Tiger Tony
Date Added: Friday 25 November, 2016
Great cheap smoke! My humidor is around 70% and think it might be a bit to high humidity for this one, isn't wrapped very tight but no crunch on the cut and lit nicley and burn is even and stacks up well.
Taste is peppery to start with a bit of spice then settled down to a smooth creamy smoke not very complex in flavor but last third had a nice marzipan hint with a woody undertone.
Did need to re-light a couple of times but i put that done to the humidty in my humidor, will definitely be buying some of these again as a humidor filler for a nice every day smoke wile working the dog.
Date Added: Saturday 19 November, 2016
Really unimpressed with this cigar, yes it's build is good, the draw I'd excellent but there's nothing too them. May aswell be drawing through a straw. I've only had a couple so maybe I'm being unfair, but the last 1/3 was the only decent part of the smoke. I would highly recommend you don't smoke this cigar and buy a La Invicta Robusto for less money instead. Because atleast that has a bit of kick to it.
