Ramon Allones Extra LE 2011 Review

[CaTeacher]

Ramon Allones Extra LE 2011 Review

Appearance and Construction – I love the look of this cigar. The white band really gives it classy, yet rustic look. The construction was very good with a few visible veins.

Pre-light – A scent of cocoa and cedar. Draw was a little on the tight side, but not too bad.

1/3 –Cedar was the dominate flavor with a bit of pepper on the finish. Some good smoke right out of the gate. Burn was pretty erratic though. Needed one relight here.

2/3 – A little cocoa mixed in with the cedar and pepper here. Burn straightened out a bit, but the smoke drastically died down.

3/3 – The cocoa completely disappeared here and gave way to more of an earthy flavor mixed with cedar and a light pepper. Burn got a bit crazy and had to relight once again.

Final thoughts – This was a very good cigar that I think (and hope) does well with age. I dry boxed for a day, but think two days might have been better. I would rate this at an 87, and without the relights and burn problem, even higher.

 

[JDog]

Nice review man and thank you for taking the time to post! I've been gifted 2 of these in the last few months and need to light one of them up.

 

[Vitty]

I found the same issues with the one I smoked out of the box I got. Burn on it was terrible and I had to relight mine several times. Really marred the whole experience. Incidentally JDog got one out of my box. Curious to see how his smokes. I have had one from another box that was pretty darn good. These seem to be all over the board.

 

[CO Smokes]

Great review. With all the love these get an the aging potential it's really making me want to grab a box

 

[Gravity]

Thanks for the review!

Still haven't got my hands on any of these. Very tempted by them though.

 

[Nicko]

Picked some of these up on my recent trip to Havana. Good looking stick - great band.
Had my first one yesterday.
Really great cigar. No burn issues at all. One of the better sticks I've had recently.
Just nubbed a Serie D #4 which was good but the RA Extra was definitely better IMO.

 

[HUPLVR]

For what it's worth, the one that i tried seemed like it may have needed a little more time to rest, but i feel like the potential is def there.

 

[TommyGunz]

thanks for the great review.

 

[hdlr]

Thanks for the review. I find these smoking really well right now considering the box codes are only 8-9 months old. My feeling is these will be epic with a few years.

 

[Alwayslit]

Nice review

 

[Chemforever]

Great review and I look forward to see how botl see these progressing over the next few years.

 

[Phaedron]

I'm bummed. I picked up one of these in Vancouver last year and just sparked it up a few weeks back. The draw was so tight, the cigar was almost unsmokeable. My cheeks were sore from the experience. I'd be afraid to pick up another one...

 

[KPP]

^ I've heard that from several people re: construction issues on this smoke....which sucks. And between that, and the overall comparability to a full bodied NC..these have shown up all over the secondary market, as well as several vendor price drops.

Love the size though, and admit I did think about getting some for a while to put down for a long nap.....but instead opted for the more mildly blended RA Superiores, which I'm very curious to try.

 

[Diplomatico]

I'm bummed. I picked up one of these in Vancouver last year and just sparked it up a few weeks back. The draw was so tight, the cigar was almost unsmokeable. My cheeks were sore from the experience. I'd be afraid to pick up another one...

+1. I smoked through a box of these earlier this year and 6-7 of the cigars from a box of 25 were plugged. The ones that did smoke were pretty good but a 30% unsmokeable rate is unsatisfactory.

 

[Zinn]

Nice review. I really enjoyed the first one I smoked and believe time will do wonders for this cigar.