kockroach
BoM August 2010/2011
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo was in Chicago this week to visit a number of B&Ms, as well as participate in a big Father's Day event at 8 to 8 Cigars. On Thursday, I was hanging out at Jack Schwartz after doing some work downtown. Ernesto was supposed to be coming in, but I had to leave before he ended showing up. Later that day, I get a message saying that he had an EPC Maduro for me, which I couldn't believe.
I had a chance to speak with Ernesto while at the event yesterday. The Maduro will be available after IPCPR (July or August). It is a regular line product. The cigar features a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper. He is using a different binder in this cigar (I didn't ask if it was completely new to his cigars, or just different from the Core Line). The filler does have one leaf that is different from the Core Line.
Ernesto said that these were rolled around February, and that he would rest these for 6 months before shipping.
The cigar that I was given was a toro, which looked to be the same size as the other toros he's produced: 5 7/8 x 52. The CBL wrapper was fairly toothy, and had a nice oily shine. The cigar felt nice and firm in the hand. The seams were flat and the triple cap looked almost flawless.
Upon clipping with a Palio, the pre-light offered up strong flavors of leather and tobacco, with a little bit of a pepper kick. The beginning of the smoke had a dry cocoa and leather flavor. Pepper and spice (like cinnamon but a little hard to tell) mixed within, and was medium-full in strength. This EPC, being a cigar that hasn't sat as long as Ernesto wants, did have a bit of a trouble lighting and burning. It seems like it is a little wet.
Moving into the middle third, the flavor had a more dominant leather base, as the cocoa moved to the background. I could also taste bits of cherry mixed within. The strength of the pepper and spice has calmed down for a little while, but started to pick up again.
The EPC Maduro's final third brought the cocoa back out to the forefront, again mixed with leather and definite cherry flavor in the background. The strength built up more and more as it burned through to the end. This cigar had me feeling a little woozy...but I also hadn't eaten anything by that point either.
I was pretty impressed with this cigar. I had been wondering when EPC would release a maduro cigar, as I have been very pleased with all of the cigars he has produced under this label so far. I look forward to seeing what the additional rest he will give these cigars will do to them. Definitely a box-worthy cigar to me....and what's great is that it will be a regular line.
Overall time to smoke was 2 hours.
I had a chance to speak with Ernesto while at the event yesterday. The Maduro will be available after IPCPR (July or August). It is a regular line product. The cigar features a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper. He is using a different binder in this cigar (I didn't ask if it was completely new to his cigars, or just different from the Core Line). The filler does have one leaf that is different from the Core Line.
Ernesto said that these were rolled around February, and that he would rest these for 6 months before shipping.
The cigar that I was given was a toro, which looked to be the same size as the other toros he's produced: 5 7/8 x 52. The CBL wrapper was fairly toothy, and had a nice oily shine. The cigar felt nice and firm in the hand. The seams were flat and the triple cap looked almost flawless.
Upon clipping with a Palio, the pre-light offered up strong flavors of leather and tobacco, with a little bit of a pepper kick. The beginning of the smoke had a dry cocoa and leather flavor. Pepper and spice (like cinnamon but a little hard to tell) mixed within, and was medium-full in strength. This EPC, being a cigar that hasn't sat as long as Ernesto wants, did have a bit of a trouble lighting and burning. It seems like it is a little wet.
Moving into the middle third, the flavor had a more dominant leather base, as the cocoa moved to the background. I could also taste bits of cherry mixed within. The strength of the pepper and spice has calmed down for a little while, but started to pick up again.
The EPC Maduro's final third brought the cocoa back out to the forefront, again mixed with leather and definite cherry flavor in the background. The strength built up more and more as it burned through to the end. This cigar had me feeling a little woozy...but I also hadn't eaten anything by that point either.
I was pretty impressed with this cigar. I had been wondering when EPC would release a maduro cigar, as I have been very pleased with all of the cigars he has produced under this label so far. I look forward to seeing what the additional rest he will give these cigars will do to them. Definitely a box-worthy cigar to me....and what's great is that it will be a regular line.
Overall time to smoke was 2 hours.
