Review of Don Pacheco Cigars
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Stag Tobacconists is a small unassuming cigar shop in the Foothills district of Albuquerque, NM. The shop has been a family run business for 30 years that Jennifer Pacheco took over from her dad. Jennifer’s husband, Roman, grew up in Cuba and learned cigar rolling as a boy. This year, Roman decided to brush up on his rolling skills and offer their customers the experience of fresh hand rolled cigars.
They were an instant hit and he now has created his own blend that is being sold at their shop.
Draw and Construction
The wrapper is a Piloto Cubano, a Cuban seed tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic. The binder is a Connecticut Broadleaf with a blend of Nicaraguan and Honduran corojo and ligero filler. The cigar is a medium to full-bodied smoke. I smoked several of the 7” x 48 ring gauge Churchills that Roman rolled. They had a firm, naturally oily dark brown wrapper topped with a quadruple pig-tail cap that covered the top 1 ¼” of the cigar. The pig-tail was easy enough to pinch off in the old Cuban tradition of opening the cigar, and the draw was easy. The cigar lit easily but burned a little uneven. This is a firm cigar with a nice solid feel to it. The ash was also solid and held on for 2 ½”. Roman used a modified accordian bunching technique, which he learned in Cuba, that allows the draw to remain easy the entire cigar. The total smoking time was 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Flavor and Aroma
The flavor and aroma of the cigar was somewhat familiar to me. As I smoked it, I could taste and smell cedar, espresso and a little spiciness. This is a very smooth cigar, even with the corojo and ligero tobaccos. Roman said this is because of the aged Piloto Cubano wrapper and the Connecticut binder. The cigar was made with very aromatic tobacco leaves, and as I was smoking them, it finally came to mind what I have smoked that tasted and smelled the same. During my first tour in Afghanistan, my brother Scott sent me some real Pre-Embargo Cuban cigars (yes, he paid a fortune for them). This cigar was nearly the exact same smoking experience.
Value
Jennifer and Roman are really nice folks, and even though they could charge a premium for these cigars, they only cost $4.50 a stick. Wow! What a treat and what a great value. A cigar that smokes like a 1950’s Cuban and it is rolled right in my hometown. It does not get much better than that.
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Stag Tobacconists is a small unassuming cigar shop in the Foothills district of Albuquerque, NM. The shop has been a family run business for 30 years that Jennifer Pacheco took over from her dad. Jennifer’s husband, Roman, grew up in Cuba and learned cigar rolling as a boy. This year, Roman decided to brush up on his rolling skills and offer their customers the experience of fresh hand rolled cigars.
They were an instant hit and he now has created his own blend that is being sold at their shop.
Draw and Construction
The wrapper is a Piloto Cubano, a Cuban seed tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic. The binder is a Connecticut Broadleaf with a blend of Nicaraguan and Honduran corojo and ligero filler. The cigar is a medium to full-bodied smoke. I smoked several of the 7” x 48 ring gauge Churchills that Roman rolled. They had a firm, naturally oily dark brown wrapper topped with a quadruple pig-tail cap that covered the top 1 ¼” of the cigar. The pig-tail was easy enough to pinch off in the old Cuban tradition of opening the cigar, and the draw was easy. The cigar lit easily but burned a little uneven. This is a firm cigar with a nice solid feel to it. The ash was also solid and held on for 2 ½”. Roman used a modified accordian bunching technique, which he learned in Cuba, that allows the draw to remain easy the entire cigar. The total smoking time was 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Flavor and Aroma
The flavor and aroma of the cigar was somewhat familiar to me. As I smoked it, I could taste and smell cedar, espresso and a little spiciness. This is a very smooth cigar, even with the corojo and ligero tobaccos. Roman said this is because of the aged Piloto Cubano wrapper and the Connecticut binder. The cigar was made with very aromatic tobacco leaves, and as I was smoking them, it finally came to mind what I have smoked that tasted and smelled the same. During my first tour in Afghanistan, my brother Scott sent me some real Pre-Embargo Cuban cigars (yes, he paid a fortune for them). This cigar was nearly the exact same smoking experience.
Value
Jennifer and Roman are really nice folks, and even though they could charge a premium for these cigars, they only cost $4.50 a stick. Wow! What a treat and what a great value. A cigar that smokes like a 1950’s Cuban and it is rolled right in my hometown. It does not get much better than that.
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