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Hoyo de Monterrey Regalos EL 2007
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N.W. Dorr
Origin : Cuba
Format : Regalo / Britanicas
Size : 137 x 18.26 mm
Ring : 46
Weight : 9.34 g
Box code : SMB NOV 07
Hand-Made
Price : $300+ for a box of 25
We would like to express our gratitude to Richard Cordero who took amazing photographs for this review. Thank you!
Habanos Edicion Limitada 2007. To read the advertising on this cigar one would think it would provide something of a religious experience. Where it was an amazing experience, it took some work to get there. There are still, unfortunately, some hit and miss issues from the Island South of Miami.
Appearance : [rating:4/5]
The dual banding scheme on this cigar is quite appealing, and elegant. Its medium brown wrapper is quite oily. It is smooth, and well rolled. Rather enticing, begging to be smoked.
Construction : [rating:3.5/5]
The cigar is not quite firm. It is slightly spongy. There are no soft spots per sea. Rather there is a lack of overall mass. This translates negatively to the tactile sensation in the hand. The draw is generous and acceptable for this ring gauge. It produces prolific volumes of gray smoke with a smoked hardwood aroma. Burn is fairly precise and slightly broad. The ligero bunching is acceptable. The ash is medium gray with streaks and slightly flaky, although it does hold firm to the body.
Flavor : [rating:3.5/5]
First third, creamy textured smoke that coats the palette nicely. It is savory with an underlying sweetness. It offers flavors of rich tobacco and a tannic quality that reminds me of persimmon. There is a subdued note of cedar on the retro-hale.
Second third is of smoky hardwoods with a slight green peppercorn spice and earth. The sweetness is persistent, yet subdued.
Finish is quite complex, and enjoyable with flavors of Leather, green peppercorn spice and tangy. This has been an enjoyable evolution.
Value : [rating:3.5/5]
At nearly 7£ per stick and 350USD per box, one would expect a bit more I would think. The performance to price ratio is quite skewed in my opinion. Especially considering that other marques are providing so much more performance at a much more realistic price point. (i.e. Montecristo Edumundo.)
Overall Rating : [rating:3.5/5]
I have at this time sampled 4 of these from the same box code, and 1 from a different box code. I must say that I am somewhat nonplussed. Where I truly love the characteristics of Cuban Tobacco, this cigar suffers somewhat from some quality control issues. The wrapper is beautiful in its color, but, it does have a few bumps. The roll on some is oblong. The burn on some was irregular and quite broad. I believe the tobaccos in this blend to be of amazing quality, providing for an amazing flavor profile. However; precision construction is required to be able to experience the tobaccos in their fullest. There is an unfortunate lack of quality execution in this dynamic. Some say that Cuban cigars require time to age. This is true with some, however I believe that this cigar’s performance is at its zenith. No amount of ageing will compensate for shoddy construction.
I was hoping for an amazing experience with this vitola, considering its lineage and the expectations of the Edicion Limitada concept. And I definitely found it; however, it took far too much work to achieve. I am enamored with its format. When quality execution is present it is an amazing experience. That being said, the performance of some of these examples was frankly sub-par for an Edicion Limitada. At one point I set one cigar down for no more than 3 min. Upon my return, I found it had extinguished itself requiring a relight. For an EL seeking to become its own star this is completely unacceptable, especially considering the price. Thankfully there are many other offerings from Habanos that completely outstrips and outperforms this particular cigar in all aspects. To that end I am only able to provide a “Try” recommendation. Sure some will say, well, you got a bad box. Perhaps this is true. But, this is, after all, an Edicion Limitada. There shouldn’t ever be a “bad box” with an EL.
Live well my friends!
Yiorgos
My review of the Hoyo de Monterrey Regalos (2007 Limited Edition)
The Regalos, the fourth limited edition vitola of the brand, is a corona extra with a ring gauge of 46. It is presented in an unvarnished slide lid box of 25 cigars in two layers. As all the limitadas of 2007 is made of tobacco aged for two years.
The first thing that strikes your attention is the wrapper. Dark brown, smooth to touch, with slight changes in the shade, feeling somehow softer and more moist than most Edicion Limitada cigar. It is quite tightly rolled and plenty of aromas, like chocolate and pepper, are present.
Lighting up this cigar brings no surprises. Good initial draw, medium bodied, intense wood and coffee flavour and lots of pepper. However, smoking through the first third, the draw becomes tight and the burn quite uneven. The cigar burns slowly and does not deliver decent amount of smoke.
On the second third, the draw opens up slightly but the burn is still slow and uneven. It seems that higher humidity between 68% and 70% (where I kept it), does not benefit it. The flavours of coffee, pepper and chocolate are still present and slightly more intense.
In the third part, the cigar draws and smokes very well. Creamy, peppery, woody, nutty, great draw and even burn, you are just left there wondering why it couldnt have been like that all the way through!
dsanders
Just tried this after a year in humidor. Not bad and sure that the time helped. Got good notes of spice and tangy from beginning. Yes..cedar at the beginning but that subsided. Not bad…and again..sure aging helped. Cheers.
christian
Apparence et tirage parfaits mais très décevant pour le prix ( $ 9.00 US à Cuba).
Très linéaire du premier au dernier tiers.
Aromes de cêdre très timides.Preférez le Magnum 46 chez Upmann pour moins cher.
Inspector
I just had one. Very irregular burn didn’t allow me to enjoy it… I was very disappointed.
grumula
It’s times like this that make me so glad to be european,all the cubans I can smoke!!! moohooohah,
Kalutika
those photographs are amazing. I love the pile of tobacco. Would make great use of it. Haha. Sounds like a good cigar. Another stick that makes me wish I could get Cuban cigars.