DP Blue Label Review

imthegoal · 08-18-2008, 09:00 PM

So my DPG sampler came in today and I decided to pull the string on the Blue label this evening. I am sitting out on my patio smoking it as I write this. First impression was that it might have been a little moist but figured I would give it a shot anyways.

The wrapper was silky to the touch and very uniformly firm. Cut perfectly with my Xikar and toasted the foot.

I could tell it was going to be spicy from the start. It lit very well and huge amounts of smoke right from the get go. Just as I was expecting alot of spice/pepper right off the bat.

After about 2 inches the pepper mellowed a little and I started to get hints of chocolate when I exhaled through my nose.

Once I got to about the half way their was even less pepper and I started to get hints of leather and the sweetness of the chocolate was still there in the background. I also started to get a little bit of a coffee like afterttaste.

This bad boy has been burning straight as a razor and huge amounts of smoke with a fairly firm ash through the half way point.

Now that I am about an inch or 2 past the halfway point the coffee is gone being replaced with a grassy/hay taste. (Wasnt expecting that from this fella). I also had to make a small burn corection but nothing big.

The rest of the cigar was pretty much the same till the end. The first 3/4 of this thing was quite good but the last 1/4 seemed to flatten out to me. Other than that this was quite a nice smoke. I will let the others get a couple months rest in the humi and see what that does for them. I still think this was a pretty good smoke.

nozero · 08-18-2008, 09:06 PM

Thanks for the review!

kugie · 08-18-2008, 09:06 PM

right now i am enjoying the same one.
having some issues with the burn but overall really enjoying it

variable · 08-18-2008, 09:53 PM

Thanks for the review. I have a blue 5er sitting for a few weeks now and I think I'l l give them some more time.

Figo · 08-19-2008, 09:09 AM

Smoked one of these the other night that's been sitting about 6 weeks...I did not get the peppery taste that I find in other Pepin's but it was a tasty smoke nonetheless. One thing that did disturb me was a rather large vein in the wrapper that I was sure would cause a problem but didn't.

Thanks for the review!

rizzle · 08-19-2008, 10:24 AM

I just got a fiver of these that I have resting while I try to work my courage up enough to smoke anohter one of them. The last one I had beat me up pretty good. That smoke aint no child's toy.

bige610 · 08-19-2008, 10:29 AM

i got an 8 cigar sampler yesterday and one of them was a blue label. i ll have to try it thanks for the review. right now the cuban classic is my favorite pepin

longknocker · 08-19-2008, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bige610

i got an 8 cigar sampler yesterday and one of them was a blue label. i ll have to try it thanks for the review. right now the cuban classic is my favorite pepin

I like all the Pepin lines, but my "go to" is the "JJ".

Pat1075 · 08-19-2008, 04:34 PM

Thank you for the review. The blue is one of my all time favorites. I try to keep them around in multiple sizes to fit in around time constraints.

cigarlvr · 08-28-2008, 07:37 PM

I have been smoking the Blue Lable Exquistios 5.62x46 ring size seems like the perfect size for me. The only thing is it makes it hard to pick up a box being this size has 50 in a box.[SIZE=2][/SIZE]