QUESADA JALAPA @quesadacigars

I broke this tasty little treat out for last week’s NLF Draft at McHooligan’s.  I originally purchased this stick at Binny’s Beverage Depot.  It’s been in the Ark for about 6-7 months now.  I waffled for a few days in advance of the draft trying to decide what stick I wanted to smoke in anticapation of the Steelers shitty draft picks!  Turns out the Steelers indeed drafted pretty shitty, but the Quesada Jalapa was a great smoke!

Country: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Claro

Strength: Medium

Length: 4 7/8

Ring Gauge: 50

The Quesada Jalapa features the same binder/ filler blend as the Quesada Espana, but the difference is in the wrapper.  The Jalapa utilizes a silky-smooth Nicaraguan grown Jalapo Claro wrapper that gives these cigars their distinct flavor profile.  You’ll get sweet notes of butter, cream, nuts, cedar, and a slight hint of spice in this smooth, medium bodied smoke.

The cigar cut nice an easy.  The draw was a little bit tough.  It didn’t take a lot of effort to light this stick up and even though the draw was a bit tight it gave way to a smooth smoke right off the bat.  Some Nicaraguan cigars I’ve had start off harsh then give way to their respective flavor profile, but the Jalapa was smooth right from the get go, a testament to its quality.  As mentioned above in the general description the Jalap was silky smooth.  I got notes of butter and nut with slight hints of earthy flavor.  The burn was even and true.  It went out once on me but I think that was due more to weather than the cigar itself.  Midway through I may have noticed a slight hint of spice, but the cedar notes were definitely there.  The ash was solid and I nearly smoked it down to the label before the ash fell off. 

This is the second offering from Quesada I’ve tried.  I was pleasantly surprised with this smoke.  The description ways medium strength, but I feel this was more mild than medium.  Either way I think I would buy another Jalap and age for awhile in the Ark! 

Cheers!