![]() ![]() A box is going for $150-$180 for 25 sticks. But I believe I will wait to find it on special. I’m not even finished with the first third and I’m ready to buy a box. I believe I’ve reviewed a few Diesel blends and gave them all a douche bag rating. The character of the blend improves on a linear trajectory towards a nice complex stick. This is turning out to be a very fine blend. While not expensive compared to how the boutique brands are raping you, it is still a reflection of its refinement.Įach puff endears the Diesel Whiskey Row to my puny heart and brain. It’s way more sophisticated than other Diesel blends. This Diesel Whiskey Row is a vagina of a different color. But they’re cheap and that’s the big draw. Transitions are picking up and traversing the International Date Line at Mach 1. Unless you’ve stored them in their box and in their cellos, a year of naked humidor time will turn them to dirt. But I hope this is not sacrilegious…but all AJ blends have expiration dates. Of course, AJ blends get better with some humi time. Thankfully, AJ blends tend to follow the New Breed style of blending by making the cigar accessible while early in your possession. It seems that General Cigars sent out samples to every reviewer on the planet and no one wasted time reviewing it. Much different than other Diesel blends…more sophisticated aimed at the experienced smoker.įlavors start mining their gems by displaying notes of cinnamon, dark cocoa, rich espresso, big creamy notes, a bevy of malts, floral notes, toasted buttered bagels, and summer fruit.Ĭomplexity kicks in the door and enters the danger zone. I have smoked one of the samples sent to me and (Spoiler Alert!) really liked this blend. I like spicy cigars but the Diesel line lets AJ run amok while the villagers chase him with pitch forks. It fills the room until I look like Pigpen from Peanuts.īlack pepper immediately causes my palate to a fair and compassionate surrender. A few good reams and I’ve got two tickets to paradise. Thank goodness for my cigar collection’s guardian angel the PerfecDraw cigar poker tool. The cold draw presents flavors of blistering black pepper…making me sneeze and removing my nasal hairs through immolation, malts, creaminess, chocolate, espresso, cinnamon, sourdough toast, cedar, and barnyard. The tobacco is not evenly distributed.įrom the shaft, I can smell cream, malt, black pepper, red hot cinnamon, milk chocolate, espresso, cedar, thick caramel, and floral notes.įrom the clipped cap and the foot, I can smell black pepper, cream, malt, chocolate, espresso, cedar, sponge cake, and floral notes. The milk chocolate/cappuccino hued wrapper is smooth and silky. While visible seams are minimal, there is a shit load of veins permeating the cigar’s shaft. There is enough verbiage on both bands that you can take the cigar into the bathroom when you take a dump and have enough reading material to get you through the ordeal. Only the Diesel variety ain’t gaudy and ridiculous looking. Covered in giant billboard sized cigar bands. The whole look of the cigar reminds me of the old Gurkhas. Fernández on the map, with the cigars originally being made as a shop-exclusive brand for Cigars International.” Diesel has long been considered one of the original brands to put renowned blender A.J. Whiskey Row marks the second release from Diesel after being formally introduced as a national brand under General Cigar at IPCPR 2017 (debuting with Diesel Grind). “Rabbit Hole was founded in 2012, based in Kentucky and focusing on straight bourbons and ryes finished in unique barrel styles. The line is expected to retail from $7.49 to $8.99.” “Diesel Whiskey Row will launch in June in four sizes, each housed in 25-count boxes: Robusto, measuring 5 1/2 inches by 52 ring gauge Toro, 6 by 54 Churchill, 7 by 49 and Gigante, 6 by 60. There, Fernandez placed the San Andrés binder leaves inside the Bourbon barrels, where they were carefully monitored as they aged before being rolled. “According to General Cigar, two years ago Rabbit Hole sent some spent Bourbon barrels to Nicaraguan cigarmaker A.J. The Mexican San Andrés binder leaf, though, has been aged in barrels that were once used to age Kentucky-based Rabbit Hole Bourbon. “Called Diesel Whiskey Row, the blend uses an Ecuadoran Habano wrapper and a filler blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos from Ometepe, Condega and Jalapa. “A new Diesel cigar brand is set to launch in cigar shops this summer, and it sports some tobaccos that were aged in Bourbon barrels. I received samples a month ago before release.įactory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. Today we take a look at the Diesel Whiskey Row. ![]() Home › CIGAR REVIEWS › Diesel Whiskey Row | Cigar Reviews by the Katmanĭiesel Whiskey Row | Cigar Reviews by the Katmanīinder: Mexican San Andrés ~ Bourbon barrel agedįiller: Nicaraguan (Condega, Jalapa and Ometepe)
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