Cigar Review: Romeo Y Julieta Habana Reserve Torpedo

I was at my local cigar shop, as I am a lot of days out of the week lately, and I noticed that they had gotten in the new habana reserve from Romeo Y Julieta. I don’t generally care for RyJ cigars, but after hearing from a few of the regular guys at the shop that had tried them, I decided I needed to smoke one. I also figured this was one cigar I don’t see reviewed too often, so I’d throw up a review for our loyal readers! Here we go!

Pre- Light: I did the usual running of the cigar along my nose, and I got lots of woody, cedar hints, with some spice, and very light sweetness. It was smelling good, and I was ready to get this thing going. I clipped it with my trusty Palio cutter, and took a pre-light draw. It was PERFECT, and I was getting some great flavors out of it… Lots of woody flavors.

1/3: As I lit up into this cigar, and the first few puffs really floored me. I was getting complex flavors of spice, cedar and a touch of sweetness. The smoke coming from this cigar at this point was great. Lots of huge blue smoke puffs, and the burn was razor sharp. I was really enjoying this smoke, and was really surprised. This is the first RyJ I’ve ever truly enjoyed, thus far.

2/3: As I continued through this cigar, the cedar and wood notes became the prominent flavors, and they were really enjoyable. The spice and little bit of sweetness mellowed out quite a bit. It was still burning razor sharp, and the smoke was very abundant! I was really shocked by this cigar, and I was really enjoying every aspect of it.

3/3: As I was finishing off this cigar, the woody and cedar flavors seemed to dissapate, and the spice and sweetness re-appeared. The burn was still razor sharp, the smoke was still abundant, and it was smoking very cool. It smoked cool right down to the point where it was so small that I could no longer hold on to it. Being that I enjoy the woody flavor in cigars, I was REALLY enjoying this smoke.

Overall Impression: I really enjoyed this smoke, and plan on picking up at least a box of them as soon as I can afford it. The price point is decent, even for California. This stick ran me about $10 plus sales tax here in CA, and I know you can find them cheaper in other states. Overall I would suggest that everyone try this stick at least once, as its a great smoking experience.

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   ironmeden says:

   May 29, 2008 at 10:18 pm

   We had this cigar for our cigar club earlier this year and it went over like gang busters. The guys that liked a heavier cigar truly enjoyed this smoke. In the cigar shop where we smoked it, this was one of their more popular sellers.
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   VillageIdiot says:

   May 30, 2008 at 9:58 am

   I bought a 3 pack of these about a month ago. I smoked the first last weekend and it was very, very fine. I gave one to my uncle to smoke and he loved it. He is a very hard smoker to please. These will definitely be a box purchase for me when I have the funds.