CigarCraig's Blog

As everyone should be quite aware by now, I have been enamoured with the cigars made by the folks at Danli Honduras Tobacco for nearly two years. It was June of 2019 when I had my first experience with the Don Juan Calavera cigars, and the Sumatra, Maduro and Connecticut became three of my favorite cigars in their respective categories. Soon the Marchetti and The Clown came into the rotation as well, all Toros, all cigars I reach for knowing I’ll be happy with the experience. One of my local shops even brought the line in having read about it here, without my direct input, making them one of the first stores in the country that sold them, and they continue to do well with them. The company
‘s lines have  since been picked up by an excellent regional broker now, and they are appearing in more and more shops. I know they have some growing pains, but they make amazing cigars, and I really want to see them succeed. I was very excited to try their newest line, the Catrina De Mi Vida. The branding follows the Don Juan Calavera theme from the female perspective, at least that’s my interpretation. The colors of the paper sleeves on the cigars are bright and festive, where the Don Juan Calavera sleeves are black. I got one of each of these cigars in their sampler box, which is an amazing presentation in itself. Of course, I started with the Maduro. 

Once again, I’m not going to devote a paragraph to each cigar, as I only smoked one example of each. I will pick up a few more the next time I fisit Cigar Mojo, as I know that they have them there. The company says that the Maduro is he strongest of the three, and I suppose that may be true, I thought they were all on the medium side. Oddly, all three started out with a sourness that caused me some concern, but it went away after a bit, with the maduro, af
ter the initial sourness it turned into a bolder, meatier maduro blend, with a good flavor that I enjoyed. the Corojo also had that initial sour note, but transitioned  after about a half an inch and tasted like I thought a corojo cigar might taste like, it had some nutiness and sweetness and I enjoyed it. the Connecticut was pretty interesting. The sourness dissipated early and it smoothed out, but it wasn’t a mild Connecticut, it  had some cojones, if you know what I mean. I will say that the Catrina line won’t replace the Don Juan Calavera line in my list of favorites in Danli Honduras Tobacco’s portfolio, but they are good tasting, well made cigars for sure, and there’s something for everyone. I wouldn’t let the packaging lead you to believe these are feminine in any way either, although some men may not gravitate to
ward a cigar with a pink sleeve. T
hese are three more examples of good cigars from a small company in Honduras. I love these guys and I’m happy to help them out in any way I can.

That’s all for today, still working on a great contest, which, by the way, will include some cigars from Danli Honduras Tobacco from my hu
midor! Have a great day, until the next time, 

CigarCraig