Women of Cigarfest 2010
May 9, 2010
Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo
Weather warmed up a bit the past couple days. Smoking in above freezing weather is always much more comfortable. This week I have another gem of a cigar for you. A new release from Joya de Nicaragua and an addition to their Antano line. The Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo was announced during the 2009 IPCPR trade show in New Orleans and just recently started hitting shelves. I did receive a couple pre-production samples of the Joya de Nicaragua Dark Corojo from David Lafferty, Regional Sales Manager for Drew Estates who distributes Joya de Nicaragua products, at IPCPR. Our great friend, Chief Hava, was generous enough to send me an assortment of these production version of the Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo.
The Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo has one of the darkest wrappers I’ve seen. It literally looks like a mouth watering dark chocolate bar. The Dark Corojo is a Nicaraguan puro containing 75% ligero tobacco. The Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo’s wrapper is specifically from the Jalapa Valley of Nicaragua.
Video runs around 10 minutes and the Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Dark Corojo is like I said, a gem. I’m not sure what the pricing on these are but if its around the $6 to $8 range, then its an awesome buy in my opinion. The Dark Corojo wrapper looks like it should be in a box of chocolate. I did have to do some nursing to keep the thick wrapper on the Dark Corojo burning evenly. I also experienced the occasional rough, sour and not so deep flavor moments, but none were unbearable. Nothing a little aging won’t iron out. Besides, with its balanced combination of awesome flavors and full bodied power, the Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Dark Corojo will definitely be a hot selling must buy…don’t just take my word on it, check out our friend Tony Casas’s review of the La Pesadilla size.
I didn’t pick up any “swedish” in mine,
Awesome review as always Jerry, thanks for the link bro!
so it was thick and dark, was it hard too? LOL! great review Jerry! – is it fuller than mowr
First off – please dont EVER let us see the “third thumb”, thanx
Way too strong for me, nicotine is my enemy! I wish they could dump the nicotine and keep the flavor, then I would have a great time smoking one.
Mike
as always great review jerry
Like you Mike (KnightRid) I am not a big fan of nicotine. This would not be for me.
Its funny to see Jerry evolve. You can tell how old a review is by Jerry’s opinion of strong cigars.
Regardless, nice review.
I’ve got to try this cigar. I don’t like the JdN Antano 1970, but do like the FD Double Ligero, so I should like the Dark Corojo (chocolate/coffee flavours rule).
And I understand the comment about nicotine … it’d be nice at times to get the flavour w/o the kick, just like I’d like to have a good ale or scotch w/o the alcohol every now and then.
Note the link to Tony Casas’ review is broken: http://www.casasfumando.com/2010/01/12/joya-de-nicaragua-antano-dark-corojo-la-pesadilla/
Cheers
Just tried a few. I really like the El Martillo (5.5×54)–basically a toro–although it’s a bit inconsistent, and doesn’t burn perfectly. It was really, really strong; more so than the LFD 2xL and the Ol. Series V. I tried the Peligroso (5×44), basically a corona, but found it too harsh.
Cheers
Great review Jerry, gotta get my hands on a couple of those bad boys. I must say I was a little disappointed when your face popped up on the screen though, I thought I was going to see Brandon “The Truth” Vera review this stick after that intro…lol
Jerry,
Yeah, I got a pair of these, although they were branded differently. The band is really generic and they read “JDN-ADC El Martillo 2009″ I smoked one shortly after the trade show and it was NOTHING like you described. All I got out of it was power and very little flavor. I did only smoke one of them and its been a considerable amount of time since then. There is a good chance that the show samples may have required some rest before opening up.
I’ll have to smoke another one (I think I have 1 or 2 more) and see how it compares to this official release.
I absolutley can not wait for this cigar to come out. Your review has officially put me over the top. Depending on the price point I may buy a box blind.
Nice review Jerry. The flavors you describe sound great but I have to agree with Mike and Brian on the nicotine. Too much nicotine and I wind up with sparks flying off my head and it ain’t a pretty sight!
Too bad because other than that it sounds like a winner.
Great review… Leave the third thumb zipped up… We do not want it on video that will definitely put the iTunes adult content on SR forever.
I enjoyed your review. I like to see the true review that it is not cigar company hand-out review…..Thanks
Bought a box blind. A friend said one he sampled kicked his hiney. So of course I had to have in
But seriously, thick smoke and loads of flavor and it did not affect me nic-wise, but that only happens to me very rarely. I pulled an aged Antaño lancero out recently and so I had that frame of reference fresh – the flavor of the DC is just even huger in comparison. And way more complex. IMHO. I can’t wait ’til these get a little age on ‘em to even out the burn issues.
Great smoke, I agree…. didn’t need too much nursing on mine… the sour note actually is on the end of the cigar… every time my tongue hit it, a sour note popped up… otherwise it wasn’t noticeable… nice complex flavors!
Finally! A worthy replacement for my favorite, the Joya Antano Gran Reserva. This cigar looks, feels, draws and taste great. From the first draw it has volumes of creamy smoke with notes of white pepper and a spicey flavor. Most cigars seem to need about a half inch of burn to settle in, this one doesn’t. Yes, it does have a bit of that ligero punch at first, but it settles into a very smooth and satisfying smoke. I really love this cigar. Now that the Antano Grand Reservas have been out of production for awhile I was getting desperate. Glad J de N is making these.