Don Javier Mendoza Montezuma Cañonazo (150mm, 5 7/8″ x 52). Your cigars are beautiful! The wrapper is perfect and so nicely capped. The roll is gorgeous, no hard or soft spots. The aroma is full with chocolate notes. It burns beautifully. The ash is perfect and burns long. The flavour is smooth and full. Perfect draw with a mellow to medium flavour. A nice tasty cigar. Thank you!

Don Javier Mendoza Cahuita Cañonazo (150mm, 5 7/8″ x 52). Beautiful wrapper, just quite fine veins, medium weight. Cold draw is milk chocolate, smoke after ignition is sensational! The roll is tight but perfect! The ash is beautiful, light grey. Cold smoke, mainly cedar in the first third. Towards the end of the first third, the pepper gets a little stronger, especially in the retrohale, but it's not at all intrusive, just enough to bring in the toasted seeds. The ash is incredibly stable. In the second third, the pepper softens, no particular change. Slight hay on the cedar, the burn, the ash, the smell is still perfect! Medium strength, medium body, no unpleasant nicotine. The cedar dominates the third third. The toasted seeds are just in the background, but very pleasant! The smoke is still cool, dry, no heat, no softening on the body. Towards the end it intensifies, quality tobacco flavour, the cedar remains, the seeds and pepper have almost completely disappeared. I really liked it!

Don Javier Mendoza Reserva Robusto Extra Oscuro (140mm x 52). A very nice dark maduro cigar. 3/4 done and it is still excellent!

Don Javier Mendoza Montezuma Tauro Toro (140mm x 56). This cigar is completely my taste. In my opinion, it could go anywhere in the European market. Soft, but excellent smoke volume. In the beginning wood, then nuts and at the and leather dominated. The ash holds, does not burn on the sides, when it does a little bit, it will get even in a little while again. This habano feels like smoking a good Cohiba or Montecristo.

Don Javier Mendoza Reserva Independencia 199 (155mm, 6.1” x 52). Really nice looking wrapper. Sweet tobacco, slightly floral, earth, hay, leather and light cocoa. Burn line was good, no relights. Creamy smoke, perfect draw. Very pleasant aroma, mild to medium strength. Perfectly paired with a Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon.

Don Javier Mendoza Montezuma Piramide (156mm x 52). I got it for testing. A pleasant surprise. Beautiful, evenly constructed cigar. Before lighting it up with tobacco and black tea scent. It is rolled not too soft, not too hard, ideally built. Ignition is easy, gives medium smoke volume, holds steady the light grey ash. Presents no side burning. The wrapper did not crack while burning, even in the colder and humid November weather. First third sports pepper, toast, some leather. The second third presents toast, leather, coffee, cream and the cigars ends with toast, leather, earth, cream. I’m usually a maduro fan, but I liked this particular medium strong cigar. Surprisingly reminiscent of a lighter Cuban. Overall 89/100

Don Javier Mendoza Maduro Robusto Extra (140mm x 52). This cigar was very sweet and paired very well with the brandy I had. A tasty and complex habano. Very very good!!! It was up my alley, I would say.

Don Javier Mendoza Cahuita Doble Robusto (164mm x 54). As always the quality of the cigars is convincing. When lighting the cigar, dreams keep popping up in your mind (this really only works with good tobaccos). Furthermore I may praise the processing especially. So, once again many thanks for the fine cigars.

Don Javier Mendoza Talamanca Errey 54 (144mm x 54). Simply wow. This cigar from Costa Rica is fucking awesome! Belongs in all cigar smokers humidor. Great flavor. Medium body.

Don Javier Mendoza Talamanca Errey 56 (6.5" x 56). What an excellent job on this cigar construction and blend. Love it. The cigar starts out mild but ramps up to medium in the final third. Great transition of flavors. Excellent draw and burn as you can see by the photos. Lots of creamy smoke.