La Aroma, Pepin blend

[eyesack]

Had a 5er of the non-pepin non-ee's from a few months ago. Only one remains, and I'm saving it for a lucky victim. If Pepin could improve on this smoke, I'd be surprised. Please let us know as soon as they're prepped and ready for the firestorm!

[Acesfull]

Got a box for #1's from Cigarplace.biz a few months ago... they get better with age.. I lovem

[laststandchili]

I burned my first one yesterday and was underwhelmed. Not a bad cigar, and I think the price point is fair, but this lacked the characteristic Pepin punch.

Maybe I jumped the gun, and generally I try to let new arrivals rest for at least a week before smoking, so hopefully things may improve with some time in the vault.

The contruction looked good, and it is a nicely heavy and dense cigar. This one canoed pretty significantly and needed a pretty major correction. After that it burned evenly through to the end.

Flavor wise it was really very muted. I prefer full bodied smokes, so it may just not be my thing. Next time out I'll pull one out earlier in the day.

[tx_tuff]

Just looked this up on Holt's. This new blend has a Connecticut wrapper, I'm guessing that is why you didn't get the full on Pepin taste or a fuller body cigar. Not to many Connecticut wrappers have a full body taste or strength to it. Pepin makes some nice cigars with Connecticut but they are far from full body smokes.

[laststandchili]

I hear you, but I was thinking the combination of Nicaraguan filler and binder with the CT wrapper would have a little more oomph. Advertised as Med-Full. I found that a bit overstated.

Not sure what the wrapper is on the Casa Magna, but thats a much more flavorful Pepin journey to the mild side than the La Aroma IMO. And again, I still need to revisit these with a bit more rest. They may just be a little damp.

[piperdown]

Originally Posted by laststandchili

I burned my first one yesterday and was underwhelmed. Not a bad cigar, and I think the price point is fair, but this lacked the characteristic Pepin punch.

Maybe I jumped the gun, and generally I try to let new arrivals rest for at least a week before smoking, so hopefully things may improve with some time in the vault.

The contruction looked good, and it is a nicely heavy and dense cigar. This one canoed pretty significantly and needed a pretty major correction. After that it burned evenly through to the end.

Flavor wise it was really very muted. I prefer full bodied smokes, so it may just not be my thing. Next time out I'll pull one out earlier in the day.

Nope, I think you hit it on the head. The LA EE is not what I would call a classic Pepin nor is there a lot of flavor. The San Cristobal that's also blended by Pepin for Ashton is much better. More full bodied.

[laststandchili]

Pipe, I'm talking about the new blend. The EEs are different, and I think are definitley more full bodied than the straight reblended LAs.

And in my former post I meant Casa Royale, not Casa Magnas. And it turns out they're wrapped with an Esteli Sungrown.

[piperdown]

Originally Posted by laststandchili

Pipe, I'm talking about the new blend. The EEs are different, and I think are definitley more full bodied than the straight reblended LAs.

Ah. I haven't tried the new blend yet. Curiously though, you described the old (?) EE blend as well in my opinion.

I'll have to skedaddle down to the old B&M's and see what they've got.

[laststandchili]

Originally Posted by piperdown

Ah. I haven't tried the new blend yet. Curiously though, you described the old (?) EE blend as well in my opinion.

I'll have to skedaddle down to the old B&M's and see what they've got.

The whole things just quite a problem.

I have a couple EEs, so now I'm going to have to track down some of the original blend to compare all three.

A very enjoyable quandry.