The Joya de Nicaragua Seleccion Especial Obras Maestras Assortment is like a Nicaraguan tobacco museum tour packed into five cigars. At $87.44 for the sampler, you get three anniversary torpedos and two special shapes that'll make your humidor look like a cigar connoisseur's trophy case. The 45th and 50th anniversary sticks steal the show with their oil-slick wrappers, while the diplomatic-exclusive Numero Uno L'Ambassadeur feels like smoking classified documents.
The Cuatro Cinco 45th Anniversary torpedo starts with Nicaraguan puro swagger - think black coffee grounds and worn leather jackets. Smoke production hits like a fog machine at a metal concert, with baking spices doing a mosh pit dance on your tongue.
Cinco Decadas 50th Anniversary shifts gears into creamy walnut territory, like someone blended a cigar with tiramisu. Watch out for the retrohale - there's enough white pepper here to make a grown man sniffle, but in that "good hurt" way cigar junkies crave.
Numero Uno's diplomatic roots show through with honeyed oak notes, though the nicotine payload might have you renegotiating peace treaties with your stomach. All three cigars share that JDN house flavor - imagine chewing on a cedar plank smeared with dark chocolate.
