La Flor De Cano Selectos - GOA MAR 16

[Buck14]

I recently got a March 2016 (GOA) box of the La Flor de Cano Selectos.  These are an incredibly frustrating smoke.  It's a Handmade Tripa Corta (Short Filler).  I've smoked maybe 6 of them in the the last 5 weeks or so most recently last night.

The taste of these babies is outstanding and I'd put the smoke flavor emanating from the foot of the cigar up against any CC I've tasted this year.

However, some major issues....

1. Draw started out immensely tight, then fluctuated between loose, medium and tight the rest of the way.

2. Burn was terrible, canoeing and a few too many "space holes" in the ash.

3. About 7 purges and touch-ups.

This cigar is so frustrating, if LFDC could get the damned burn and draw issues settled this would be amongst the best cigars I've smoked.  Of course if I had $100 Million USD I'd be rich too.  I'm wondering if those issues are typical of the short filler cigars?  Since the tabacco they stuffed in there is clearly outstanding both in taste and nose aroma, couldn't they just use sheets of the same tabacco instead, jack up the price a couple bucks a stick and make one of the best CCs on the market?

Frustrating as hell.

 

 

[dcbuss]

One of my favorite marcas.  The regional stuff is great imo, and the petite Coronas although skip a lot of the issues above, don’t measure on the taste quotient.  But when I see selectos available and it seems rare, I usually go for them.

[Kongelunden]

3 hours ago, dcbuss said:

One of my favorite marcas.  The regional stuff is great imo, and the petite Coronas although skip a lot of the issues above, don’t measure on the taste quotient.  But when I see selectos available and it seems rare, I usually go for them.

 Thanks for bringing up this review. A few years ago I received a free 5-count card box of LFdC Selectos together with a cigar order. The Selectos' have been lying in the back of my humidor since then, but this review now makes me wanna try these after all ?

[dcbuss]

2 hours ago, Kongelunden said:

 Thanks for bringing up this review. A few years ago I received a free 5-count card box of LFdC Selectos together with a cigar order. The Selectos' have been lying in the back of my humidor since then, but this review now makes me wanna try these after all ?

Soooo jealous!  I hope you enjoy them!

[Cairo]

I smoke these from time to time and have had no draw, burn or other construction issues.    I am working on a Feb 2015 box (ARB?--print on box is smudged and hard to read).    These are sweet and light--definitely a morning only cigar imho.

[Kongelunden]

7 hours ago, dcbuss said:

Soooo jealous!  I hope you enjoy them!

I will make sure to put up a review once I have tried one ?