2002 Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970 Gran Consul

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper Color: Dark brown Colorado maduro

Wrapper type: Nicaraguan Criollo

Filler: Nicaraguan

Binder: Nicaraguan

Humidimeter Reading: 65%


Environment:

Temperature: 96 degrees

Humidity: 12%

Wind: intermittent, up to 9mph


A 4.75x60 gordo Nicaraguan puro with a fine, slightly toothy wrapper, short, medium texture cap and hard bunch.

An even burn with a short conical coal, mottled white, typical ash and easy draw. Only problem was a couple one inch cracks with slight peeling, developing at the foot about a half inch into the beginning of smoking.

Ample smoke volume and a faint, subtle, floral aroma.

Of ample richness, medium body and flavor, a perfect balance of earthy, herbal and woody flavors and a medium earthy and woody finish.

First third strength was mild, with a slight increase to mild-medium for the remaining two thirds.

No sweetness, bitterness, burn on the tongue, sharpness or saltiness.

Not a bad smoke at all, just nothing special or particularly interesting.

Overall character was good, with an overall good score of 84 out of 100.

It lost the largest majority of points for the cracking and peeling wrapper early on, which I don’t believe was caused by environmental factors due to happening within about 10 minutes of smoking it most, long before the environment would have had a chance to have effected it, and had no further issues after smoking past the initial cracked and peeled area.

Every other section was pretty much simply acceptable/average which also lowered the score slightly.

Very possibly has just passed its prime, as it was quite mild in strength and flavor for a Nicaraguan puro and looking at reviews of recent production ones, they typically got better scores/reviews and the information on taste and strength tended to indicate they were notably stronger.

All that said, another interesting, well aged NC from before my cigar smoking days began, that I enjoyed smoking regardless of the score, compliments of the very generous Bruce aka @Ljutic

I friggin love cigars
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While not specifically a Nub, these jaw breakers were some of the first very large ring cigars as that trend started to take hold across more brands. That's really all I can remember about them other than running home at lunch to meet the UPS man to take delivery so my cigars didn't sit on the porch all day waiting for me to get home from work.

Frank, my cigars by the pound friend, enjoys these quite a bit in the Machito size from the days when they came in chests of 50 cigars.

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Originally Posted by Ljutic

While not specifically a Nub, these jaw breakers were some of the first very large ring cigars as that trend started to take hold across more brands. That's really all I can remember about them other than running home at lunch to meet the UPS man to take delivery so my cigars didn't sit on the porch all day waiting for me to get home from work.

Frank, my cigars by the pound friend, enjoys these quite a bit in the Machito size from the days when they came in chests of 50 cigars.

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I believe you sent 2 or possibly 3 of the machito vitola. They too have been calling to me as i have only ever had a couple Joya de Nicaragua's before

I friggin love cigars

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Originally Posted by jrfoxx

I believe you sent 2 or possibly 3 of the machito vitola. They too have been calling to me as i have only ever had a couple Joya de Nicaragua's before

I friggin love cigars

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I did. March 2007 vintage though. This size was added later.