{"id":2735,"date":"2015-10-19T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2015-10-19T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:36:32","slug":"hoyo-de-monterrey-epicure-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=2735","title":{"rendered":"Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Brand<\/td>\nHoyo de Monterrey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name<\/td>\nEpicure No. 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitola<\/td>\nCorona Gorda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Country of Origin<\/td>\nCuba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wrapper\/Filler\/Binder<\/td>\nCuba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Box Code<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date Smoked<\/td>\nOctober 17, 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paired With<\/td>\nRon Zacapa Solera 23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tasting Notes<\/td>\nA terrific smoke from start to finish. Immaculate construction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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As you may have noticed,\u00a0I haven’t been able to review many smokes lately! Life has been extremely busy with work and kids.
\nAs luck would have it, I had some time yesterday to enjoy a smoke. I decided to pull out an Epi 1 I had received at RMS<\/a> from @leatherman<\/a>.
\nLet’s just say I’m very glad I did!<\/p>\n

It’s a good looking cigar with no soft spots. The wrapper is a lighter shade of brown than you typically see these days.
\nPre-light, there is not much of an aroma on the wrapper or foot.<\/p>\n

I give the cap a cut with my trusty scissors and light it up.\u00a0Things start out very smoothly with cream and leather on the palate.
\nThe draw is absolutely perfect.\u00a0It’s a very nice smoke in the early going.<\/p>\n

The body on this cigar is very full with a nice buttery mouth feel. The age on the cigar has really mellowed out the strength.
\nThere is very little nicotine buzz present. I’m really enjoying this cigar!<\/p>\n

At the halfway mark, some spice enters the mix. There is a beautiful lingering finish at this stage.<\/p>\n

In the final third, the profile shifts a little and some earthy notes join the leather & spice.<\/p>\n

This cigar was an absolute pleasure to smoke. The construction was perfect. There were no touch-ups or relights required throughout.
\nThe draw was also dead-on. There was also a fair bit of complexity as new flavours emerged throughout.<\/p>\n

If you happen to come across some ’07 HDM Epi 1’s JUMP ON THEM!!!<\/p>\n

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Brand Hoyo de Monterrey Name Epicure No. 1 Vitola Corona Gorda Country of Origin Cuba Wrapper\/Filler\/Binder Cuba Box Code 2007 Date Smoked October 17, 2015 Paired With Ron Zacapa Solera 23 Tasting Notes A terrific smoke from start to finish. Immaculate construction.   As you may have noticed,\u00a0I haven’t been able to review many smokes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[131,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-2735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-written-reviews","8":"tag-epicure-no-1","9":"tag-hoyo-de-monterrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2743,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions\/2743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}