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Herrera Esteli Norteno
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bassman45 Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 8:39 AM EST
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Anyone try any?Worth the cost?Think
cvstrat Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 8:52 AM EST
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bassman45 wrote:
Anyone try any?Worth the cost?Think



I had one a few weeks ago. Overall I'd say for the money it was pretty solid. It looks and feels much like a padron, and I found the construction quality and burn to be just as good. Although mine did have a really sharp crease in the wrapper right near the cap, probably from being pinched up during the box press. It was rather annoying and took a bit of gnawing to kind of soften it up.

The flavors of the cigar evolved throughout the smoke, which I always enjoy. Maybe it's a bit one-dimensional at first light, but it really matures after the first 3rd. For around 12 bucks or so, it's a worthy smoke for sure. I would smoke it again.
bassman45 Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 9:13 AM EST
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Thanks for the nice review,finally won a 5er last night and was curious. Now feel free to run up the price!Beer
delta1 Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 10:51 AM EST
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Good flavorful smoke. Earthy, salty, savory, kinda like a mushroom broth to me, with a variety of other flavors coming and going. They are among the better new cigars I've tried this year.
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 11:16 AM EST
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^ pretty accurate to me except I thought it was a one note smoke. I've only smoked the lonsdale though (3 times)
Bur Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 11:28 AM EST
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Had a couple as I developed my N00b palate and like 'em. Pricing sometimes suffer from the fan boy effect but one of my favorites.
cacman Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 11:52 AM EST
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cvstrat wrote:
For around 12 bucks or so,

WOW! For me that's way too much. Will stick with my Jericho Hills, Tats, Fuente's, and many others.
cvstrat Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 1:16 PM EST
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cacman wrote:
WOW! For me that's way too much. Will stick with my Jericho Hills, Tats, Fuente's, and many others.


Yeah I snagged it from a shop on the way home one day. Certainly worth it if you can get em a fair bit cheaper.
bassman45 Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 2:06 PM EST
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cacman wrote:
WOW! For me that's way too much. Will stick with my Jericho Hills, Tats, Fuente's, and many others.
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Got the belis for $34Beer
themunmypaw Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2015, 8:12 PM EST
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Was just gifted one of the lonsdales, really looking forward to it. The box press on it is gnarly as heck.
nnightmar Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Jun 22 2015, 12:46 PM EST
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Nice! I've gone thru 2 boxes of the Lonsdales. Pretty unique. Like a lot of the DE's put off lots of smoke. Medium bodied and a much better smoke than the JH (imho).
elRopo Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Jun 22 2015, 11:30 PM EST
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On my want to try list. I was favorably impressd by the HE nats except for the fragile wrapper. Truly complex smoke with cocoa and spice on the draw and very long leathery finish.
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