Hoyo De Monterrey Epicure No. 1 SLB (25)

For the smoker, the pleasure of enjoying a Hoyo De Monterrey Epicure No. 1 lasts an average of 70 minutes, or 30 minutes for the fastest smokers and 90 minutes if you want to take the time to savor it.

The cigar is very well made and looks beautiful: velvety to the touch, slight glossy highlights, no veins on the wrapper. The latter is made of three impeccably rolled leaves. The firmness test results in a good solid feel to the cigar. The torcedores hand-roll each Epicure No. 1 using tobacco leaves from the Vuelta Abajo. Incidentally, it should be noted that this is a puro with long filler.

Lovers of lighter Habanos will enjoy savoring the Epicure No. 1, as it is a mild cigar with moderate flavor development. Before lighting, the wrapper gives off a leather and hay aroma. An earthy note develops at the foot. Overall, the cigar offers a taste of herbal tea as well as a cedar and hay aroma.

Lighting it is followed by a true delight. The first third is packed with aromas of varying intensity: hay, cedar, earth, nuts, leather, pepper, cocoa, sweet tea, charcoal. The same aromas are found in the second third, but their intensity changes. Two new scents appear, namely lemon and clove. The cigar finishes with dominant notes of tobacco, leather, cedar, earth, and coffee.