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If you are a cigar lover, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of the collaboration of Matt Booth of Room 101 Jewelry, and Camacho Cigars.  Camacho cigars blended and rolled a line of cigars for Room 101 jewelry.  I finally was able to find a few of these at a local shop, so I had to pickup a few.  For this review, I picked up 4 of them.  My friend Nick @pepinblue on Twitter and I decided we would both smoke them, and review them side by side.  The release of this cigar was hyped up, like most new releases, and now is the time to see if the hype is lived up to!

Wrapper: Semilla 101 (Honduras)

Binder: Honduras

Filler: Honduras, Dominican Republic

Pre-Light: I handed Nick his Room 101, and I took mine.  We both pulled them out of the cellophane, and rolled the cigars in our finger tips.  We both noted that they were just about perfectly humidified.  We both noticed that the wrappers on these cigars were very thick, which made for a nice roll of the cigar.  In my cigar, there were no noticeable veins, and there was one small vein in the one Nick was smoking.  We clipped both these cigars with my Palio and lit them up with my Ronson Jetlite.

1/3:  For me, the first third was a lot of black pepper spice, with a touch of sweetness.  Nick mentioned he got a lot of spice in his cigar, especially on retrohale.  We both noted that the smoke was thick, and coated our mouths nicely, which made for a longer finish.  We both also noted that the cigar, that the cigar was very smooth.  Nick’s cigar had a little bit of an ash explosion, and wasn’t burning that great, but with some touch ups, it seemed to correct itself.  So far, I know I am enjoying the spice and smoothness in this cigar, and I get the feeling Nick is doing the same.

2/3:  On this portion of the cigar, as it started up, Nick and I both looked at each other and he said “It’s getting strong isn’t it?” At this point, all I could do is nod in agreement.  I did not want to take the cigar out of my mouth, as I was enjoying the spice, coupled with the smoothness, and the nice sweetness on the finish.  The smoke still coated my mouth, and came out in huge volumes.  As mentioned earlier, Nick’s cigar burn problems started to straighten out, and my cigar only needed one minor touch up.  Its official, as this portion of the cigar ends, we are both impressed with this cigar.

3/3:  As we finished up this cigar, any chatting we were doing has stopped.  we are both fully concentrating on the end of this cigar.  The spice has calmed down for both of us at this point, and the cigar is still incredibly smooth.  The smoke is still billowing, and for me, as I hit the end of this cigar, it wasn’t getting hot at all, and still burning great.  Nick’s smoke at this point is still burning decent, and has corrected itself nicely.

Overall Impression:  I think Nick and I have come to the same conclusion on this cigar.  We both enjoyed this cigar a lot and would not mind having a few more of these in the humidor for smoking.  The general consensus between Nick and myself was that Room 101 and Camacho cigars have hit a home run with this cigar.  I will be looking for more!

Smoke Em If You Got Em, Buy Em If You Don’t!

Scott

Ok, it’s about time for another review.  Between working a day job, and repping for Reyes Family Cigars in my off time, along with going to school, finding time to review hasn’t been really easy.  I got this cigar from my friend Skip ( @chiefhava on twitter).  We got to know eachother on Twitter, and eventually, he sent me a message that he’d like to do a trade, as I’d expressed interest in these Camacho Cajones.  My thought was, anything with a name like Cajones has to be a good smoke! I decided to review it for you guys, and let you know what I thought of it.

Pre-Light:  When I pulled this cigar out of my Xikar travel humidor, the first thing I noticed was that it was not real firm to the touch. I noticed there was one real big vein that was running just about the length of the cigar, but that wasn’t about to stop me from smoking them.  The thing I was excited about is that this cigar is aged anywhere from 5-7 years after rolling.  I am uncertain of what sizes they come in, but I have a few in a robusto size, about 5×50 or so, and a few in something that looks like its about a 6×60 size as well.  I clipped it with my trusty Palio, and took a pre-light draw.  The draw was a little looser than I normally like, but it wasn’t going to stop me.  On the draw, I got some nice peppery notes, with some woody and leathery flavors.  I took a second un-lit puff and got a real nice earth tone, with some sweetness on it.  I can’t wait to light this one up at this point!

1/3:  As I started on this cigar, the first thing I noticed was that the draw was a bit more loose than I normally enjoy.  The good thing about a draw like this is, you can control how much smoke you get at once.  The bad thing is, usually the cigar smokes a little faster than I would like.  As I found out, this cigar smoked pretty fast.  As I smoked this portion of the cigar, the first thing I got as far as flavors go, were a few hints of sweetness, and a strong kick of pepper, along with some earthy undertones to it.  The predominant flavor to the cigar at this point is the strong pepper flavor, with a touch of sweetness on the tounge on the finish.  So far, this is an enjoyable smoke.

2/3:  As I continued on this cigar, the sweetness made itself more well known.  The earthy flavors were still in the background, and still muted a bit.  The smoke was plentiful, as the draw was still fairly loose.  The ash was a little flakey, but thats ok, because I am just enjoying this cigar very much at this point.  The burn is fairly even, and I am still enjoying this cigar a lot.  The combination of sweetness and spice is really enjoyable.  Not only are the flavors good, but the nicotine buzz is quite substantial as well.

3/3:  As I finished up this cigar, I found myself with quite a nicotine buzz.  It sneaked up on me a bit, but it was kind of relaxing.  The ash is flaking off, but that doesn’t bother me.  The smoke is plentiful, and towards the end of the smoke, the cigar got hot, and I had to put it down, much to my dismay.

Overall Opinion:  Overall, I found this cigar to be enjoyable.  My only real complaint about it was the fact that that the draw was very loose, which made the cigar smoke fairly fast.  The flavors were very enjoyable though, and I can’t wait to smoke another one.  I have one of the 6×60 versions waiting for me, but I will need a few hours to smoke it.  I want to say thanks to @chiefhava on twitter for this cigar, I really enjoyed it!

Smoke em If You Got em, buy Em If you Don’t!

Scott