La Paz is a well-known Dutch brand of cigar and cigarillo manufacturers, and this is not surprising. They make an adequate cigar that is really quite inexpensive. The Wilde Cigarros are a panatela size roughly 12cm long and 30 gauge. They are 100% tobacco, made of a Javan Besuki wrapper and a blend of Havana and Brazilian filler. It was difficult to determine whether the filler was long (full nice leaves) or hybrid (mix of leaves and cheap little bits), but they did have some small stems running through and this affected the smoothness of the burning.
The cigars smoked rather quickly- only about 10-15 minutes. The smoke itself was quite light and slightly sweet- one website noted the wrapper was aromatic. They were not considerably tarry and the ash held up well before falling off (likely due to the stems). Unfortunately they became incredibly hot towards the end because of the lack of tar. Overall, the La Paz cigars were neither pleasantly nor unpleasantly smokable and without being in any way memorable.
In the UK, they will cost about £7 for a pack of five, but in the EU, about €4 for the same package. Even so, £7 for five cigars of this size and quality is an excellent price.
- Smoking time: 10-15 minutes
- Flavour: 4/10
- Smoke Sweetness: 4/10
- Tar (1=very wet, 10=very dry): 7/10
- Value for Money: 8/10
- Indulgence Factor: 2/10
- Overall Rating: 4.5/10
No way the smoking time is 10-15 minutes. My experience it is between 35-40 minutes.
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