The Cigar Stop Reviews Puros Indios Maxima Reserve 2003

Name: Puros Indios Maxima Reserve 2003 “Anejado”

Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Ecuador Sumatra

Filler/Binder: Dominican Republic, Brazil and Nicaraguan long-leaf 

Shape/Size: Churchill, Gordo, Toro, DBL Corona, Robusto & Presidente

Strength: Medium

Box/Bundle: Bundle of 20

Flavored: No

Price: $2.00 to $2.0 per Single – $39.99 to $50.00 per Box

 You know how we like a bargain and this is one of them, it falls into 2 categories for me. 1. Top 5 in my Budget Bundles list and 2. It is one of my favorite cigars to smoke.

 Puros Indios cigars have always been a favorite of mine but, this deliciously aged beauty with its Long-leaf Nicaraguan, Dominican and Brazilian fillers tucked in a snug mellow Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper for a minimum of 5 years is the equivalent you sitting next to a wood stove on a cool morning, its warm and inviting, as soon as you light it your cares drift away just like the light smoke from this cigar dances in the air… Now that is some poetic stuff right there and you should try one for no other reason than to satisfy yourself after reading that description.

 Honest Injun folks try one, they are inexpensive they are tasty and they will make you a great friend until you have smoked them all… they are better than a pet … Just Try them.

 I rate this one a 6 out of 10. Good solid construction well worth the money, Rolando Reyes Sr. went out of his way to use his blending genius for you.

Until Next time

The Cigar Stop Reviews the Gurkha Widow maker

Name: Widow Maker

Origin: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Natural; Connecticut Broadleaf & Ecuador Broadleaf

Filler/Binder: Cameroon,Habano

Shape/Size: Gordo & Churchill

Strength: Medium - Full

Box/Bundle: Bundle of 20

Flavored: No

Price: Per Single Not Available – Per Box $60.00 to 79.00 U.S.D.

This one is an odd one gang, the name Widow Maker gives you the impression that this is a bad ass cigar that will send your taste bud to the morgue and keep you shaving your tongue as if it had more hair on it than a monkeys butt and I have to say the first 5 or 6 draws on this puffed up smolder stick keeps you in that train of thought, but then all of a sudden this cigar punks out like a school yard bully being confronted buy 3 of his victims. 

 

I have not seen this cigar many places and I am thinking the name is all about size and as we are not talking about porn this point is moot!

The cigar boasts that its wrapper is aged 10 years and that its fill is delicately aged for 7 and that it yields a creamy, spicy flavor backed by coffee notes, earthiness and a hint of toast and black pepper to the finish. I would agree with this but add in that you get all those in the first 5 to 6 draws and then you just have a mild shadow of its title widow maker.

I applaud their descriptive fortitude on this one as well as the name and all the tobacco aging that went into this over size thunder stick and I am very happy and appreciative to have smoke a few of these, however this is another case of the “Christmas socks” you are all excited to open up the big gift Christmas morning and when you do it’s a package of socks, you are disappointed, but they are socks and you needed them, same thing here you see the ominous fat cigar and read the name, you light it up and it doesn't live up to its name or description, but it’s a cigar and you still smoke it, because you like cigars and have that glimmer of hope the finish is as good as the first draw.

The cigar itself is well constructed with a very nice solid ash, burned nice and even and it rested well, however even after all that I can only give this cigar a 5 out of 10. Try one and you tell me what you think about it.

Until next time.

Hoarding the art of the save

 

I accused my father of being a hoarder and I then realized I was one, but not so much of stuff but cigars. I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing to be, I do keep a rotating stock of cigars, but I have been known to stash a few away, in fact I had a handful of Padron 6000, smoked 3 and stashed the other 2 for over a year, I miss them, but I enjoyed smoking them. I had a friend give me 2 Sons of Anarchy cigars; I smoked one and hoarded the other, until this week that is.

I cannot be the only one out there are you a cigar hoarder or are you a smoke everything in the humidor and then resupply?

I was so bad at one point I bought extra humidors to separate stock so I would not smoke all my real expensive or favorite ones. I still have all the humidors and I still hoard cigars, but I am trying to encourage myself you smoke them, but it did train me to have very good humidor skills. The longest time I have stored a cigar has been 3 years, so it would seem I may need a 12 step program, but I know I will not be alone I know at least 3 Dead Ringers Cigar Club Members that may need to attend such as Cigar Boy, Ken and Whiskey Chris.

Hello my Name is Cigar Ash and I am a cigar hoarder . . . . Hello Cigar Ash

I think when it comes to cigars its ok to hoard, this is my official stance, so ladies and gents what do you have in your humidor? Let’s hear from you what did you hoard and for how long.

Happy Hoarding

~Cigar Ash~