Brand: Romeo y Julieta
Line: Habana Reserve
Vitola: Belicoso 52 x 6 1/8″
Origin: Honduras
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Honduran and Nicaraguan
Body: Medium
Strength: Medium
Box Price: $93.99 (Box of 27)
Description: The Romeo y Julieta Habana Reserve was released at the 2007 RTDA Trade Show. The cigar is absolutely gorgeous, I love the band and the oily wrapper. Construction is superb, a nice firmness with slightly resistant draw. Typically I try and stay away from the big name brands, but I couldn’t resist these and picked up two at The Party Source’s Cigar Tasting last night. Information is kinda sparse on this cigar yet, I gleaned some information from Gary’s Review on Cigar Advisor.
The cigar starts out very smooth with some heavy earthy and dark bitter chocolate characteristics, definitely a fuller bodied smoke than your typical RyJ . It didn’t take much time for a nice sweet spiciness to kick in. I had some tough time picking out flavors but I’m guessing some cinnamon, a touch of pepper and maybe a slight citrus note to it. The burn was great, and never needed a touch up, I lit up two of these nearly back to back tonight and burned my fingers on both of them before I was finished.
Verdict: Definitely my favorite of the Altadis USA Romeo y Julieta’s. The price is very reasonable and I see myself purchasing a box soon.
Similar Cigars: The Habana Reserve is milder, but it has some of the same characteristics of the Oliva Serie O Sun Grown.
Popularity: 26% [?]
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I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the RyJ line. Can’t wait to try this one.
I’m going to explore the RyJ lines a bit more. This cigar was fantastic, once I get some more cash I’m going to buy a box.
I enjoy the Cuban RyJ lines, but haven’t really tried the Hondurans. Enough time has passed that, despite sharing the same name, I’m sure the lines are very distinct. I should really delve into the Honduran lines, if they’re as good as this particular review indicates.
Most of the Altadis USA RyJ’s are made in the Dominican. This one from what I understand is rolled in Honduras, but is mostly Nicaraguan. How’s that for confusing? :)
I was wondering about that, actually. In my experience, most of the brands that are originally of Cuban origin seem to have setup shop in the Dominican or Nicaragua, rather than Honduras. Confusing, indeed!
I was all set to buy a box of these then realized my hosting bill comes due next month. :(
Wandered into a B&M today and was recomended the Habana Reserve and am finishing it now. Toasted oasts? Leather? Sweet? Yummy…oh yes!!
Beautiful cigar…wonderful draw. Spicy and woody but with a sweet hint. The only problem I had was an uneven burn a few times…but that was a minor annoyance and cleared itself up about halfway through.
I bought a box of these and are on my last few. While they are not my all time favorite, they are a good go to cigar. The best feature of these cigars is the shape. It makes the draw effortless and the construction and burn is consistent and even on every one. Flavor to me is on the fuller side of medium. It has bit of pepper spice with a somewhat unique flavor in the beginning but then gets a little one dimensional toward the end. The last one tastes exactly the same as the first one even after 6 mos in the humidor. Very consistent.
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