Well, it's not often we have a proper cigar to review- the both of us are too skint to afford to bring you reviews of the finest Davidoff and Montecristo churchills every day... and I wish we had a better cigar to review for you. Sorry.
The Guantanamera Cristales are a medium-gauge 15 cm long cigar which are hand-rolled and 100% Tobaco Cubano... sounds good right? Well, they should be good, but we found these cigars terribly disappointing. The first half smoked considerably dry and had a very light smoke, in fact, the lightness of the smoke is comparable to smoking a cigar with a filter attached. In addition, they had very little flavour. Thankfully, the second half had considerably more flavour; likely due to the buildup of the minimal amount of tar these cigars contain.
Unfortunately, the Cristales do not come if sealed tubes, so must be stored well. Perhaps ours were not. In addition, they come pre-cut with a cross-pattern slice into the cigar, rather than the traditional sliced-off end. I suspect this is partially responsible for the lightness of the smoke, and when we re-cut ours, they were considerably nicer.
One might think upon seeing these Guantanamera Cristales; 'oh, hand-rolled Cubans, must be good...' I have to say, we certainly will not be buying these again. If you do however, they will cost you about £5.00 each.
- Smoking time: 20-30 minutes
- Flavour: 2/10
- Smoke Sweetness: 3/10
- Tar (1=very wet, 10=very dry): 8/10
- Value for Money: 4/10
- Indulgence Factor: 1/10
- Overall Rating: 4/10
Now that seems some nice cigars but are they available online as discounted cigars like others are being availed.
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