Isla del Sol?
rusirius
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Anyone had any of the Isla del Sol cigars? I really enjoyed that Java I had last week, but was slightly put off by the burn problems it had... From what I can see it looks like the Isla del Sol is most likely made from the clippings from the Java... (it's a mixed fill) They're ridiculously cheap, just thinking of picking up a box to have as an occasional desert cigar...
Anyone have any info about 'em?
Anyone have any info about 'em?
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So here's my impression...
The packaging was pretty lousy, but for something this cheap what do you expect? Cardboard box printed to "look" like a real cigar box... Inside was stuff with scrap tobacco leaves and cigars were packed in that. Made for a semi decent looking packaging, at least inside, but the tobacco was.. well... not exactly pleasent smelling... Being the king of infused tobacco, you'd think the could have at least used scraps of their infused tobaccos to make it smell a little better... But then again I guess that would have taken a chance of flavoring the cigars, so well... anyway...
The construction was actually pretty good. The wrapper wasn't Graycliff quality, but I've seen worse wrappers on much more expensive smokes... Since this was a cuban sandwich (i.e. mixed fill) it was a little more spongy than a long filler cigar, but not overly so...
The sumatra wrapper had a great smell... Being infused rather than dipped or something like that makes it much less overpowering than many other "flavored" cigars I've tried. Plus coffee and tobacco just seem to marry well together... Complimenting rather than distracting from one another...
The burn was incrediably even all the way through... The first ash I flicked off as it was approaching 2 inches...
As for the flavor... Very smooth almost creamy, especially considering the sumatra wrapper... It was a bit on the sweet side and unfortunately the cap was also sweetned... The coffee flavor was there, but just barely, again not distracting at all... If I had to pick two cigars to be this guys parents, I'd have to say a Rocky Patel Edge Lite had wild and kinky sex with a Drew Estates Java... I've never had the Java Latte, but I've got to imagine this was pretty close... The last 1/3 started to get slightly on the bitter side, but I also detected a hint of ammonia, so I'm pretty sure it was just still a little green... A little time in a humi should fix that right up nicely...
Overall I was extremely pleased with this guy... In all honestly for a <$2 cigar I was really expecting something pretty bad... What I got was something that WAY over exceeded my expectations... Did it flip my lid the way the Java Maduro did? No, but at the same time, I certainly wouldn't have a problem offering one of these to a friend and knowing they'd have a great smoke...