http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjc92PdoU3AYet another dual review of some miscellaneous stuff from the crap humidor. This week's cigar is the Thompson La Flor De Jalapa. You know our overall opinion of Thompson cigars here on the Crap Network. Thompson does too. Shortly after they sent us these for review, they sent us a letter saying they never wanted to deal with us again. We speak the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts. Anyways, this cigar is quoted as being a "plascencia" on the label. We aren't sure if that's Nestor, or someone else. This is a medium bodied stick, with Nicaraguan and San Andreas ligero filler, with a five year aged habano Nicaraguan wrapper. They are 70 bucks for a box ($3.50 a stick) on Thompson Cigar's website.
First impressions last forever, or at least that's what they say. If that's the case, this cigar fails right away. Punch couldn't get it out of the cellophane because it was stuck, and when he finally did, the cellophane ripped apart on him. Mine lost its label in the cellophane as well. The wrapper looks decent, with a nice oily sheen too it, but no aroma on the body or foot.
The smoke was cool and burned smooth, no construction issues, but the taste was weird. Punch was getting an odd taste in his mouth from it, and I was getting very weird herbal and floral tastes to it. Pretty much from beginning to end it had the same flavor experience that I just mentioned. Punch's cigar was a bit rougher around the edges than mine.
We were not a fan of this cigar, even though we still gave it two different ratings. I said it was a dog turd because the taste alone does not want you coming back, and it DID start to fall apart on me in the beginning. I still got the weird herbal taste all the way down. Punch gave it a yard gar because the taste was just not there for him at all.
Four bucks a stick seems a bit pricey for this. Would I smoke it again? There is no chance in hell! Unless of course it magically appeared in my humidor, and even then I would second guess any puffs. Buyer beware. We smoke the s**t so you don't have to!