Lancero fever - catch it!

[DogRockets]

Tell Jeremy I've got some Gurkha's, they be right up his alley!

You know your Gurkhas are on the top row of your humidor that has the glass top so you can stare at them all day. Don't pretend like they aren't!

[TreySC]

You know your Gurkhas are on the top row of your humidor that has the glass top so you can stare at them all day. Don't pretend like they aren't!

That's true, but he told me it was to protect his other cigars from the light.

[Ilroy]

You missed out @DogRockets ...CI had some Gurkha Vintage Shaggy Lanceros for $30 for 15...out of stock now, but if you keep checking back...? You could have the best of both worlds.

[Shemp Jizzle]

Haven't tried any yet...I like the smaller RG along the lines of corona, but the lancero seems a bit longer than I prefer. Maybe eventually...

Try some PLs (petite Lanceros)

I am not a fan of Lanceros but I love the PL size.

[AlanS]

What a coincidence Billb1960 and I are meeting at a My Fathers event this afternoon. May just burn one of those no.4 lanceros and see if it knocks my socks off too!

[Cardinal]

Try some PLs (petite Lanceros)

I am not a fan of Lanceros but I love the PL size.

Oh yeah, I forgot the Tatuaje Black petite lancero. One of the best.

[Sir Lancerolot]

You may gather from my user name that I am partial to this vitola.

One of my go-to smokes is a lancero that shall not be named in this forum. The cigar I keep a few of on hand for outrageously special occasions is also a lancero that will not be named in this forum.

These are great right off the truck (except the Padron), and even better with a year or two on them:

Oliva V if you like a medium-bodied, creamy, baking-spicey, sometimes mildly cedary cigar.

Blanco 9 and 262 Paradigm if you want sweet, earthy, heavier-bodied smokes.

262 recently released an Allegiance lancero. I haven't tried it yet, but Clint has never rolled a blend I didn't like, even the ones that don't come in a lancero.

Padron makes a lancero in the X000 blend, although it doesn't carry a number designation. Has to be aged - kind of harsh ROTT.

If you can find them, PDR Capa Madura lanceros are smokeable fresh, and only get better all the way up to 3 years resting. Definitive Brazilian maduro flavor profile.

Others have mentioned the Illusione Holy Lance. Remarkable smoke in any wrapper. In fact, if you want to taste what different wrapper leaves do to a blend, try the claro, natural and maduros. The blend is so remarkably consistent that you'll easily detect the textbook flavors imparted and enhanced by the wrappers.

If you don't think you'll have time to smoke a whole lancero, cut it in half (not lengthwise ) and smoke the foot half first. You won't get exactly the same experience, as lanceros are blended to deliver a flavor profile through the entire stick. But if the cigar is any good to start with, you'll still enjoy both halves.

[allusred]

I know. I feels like you need to quit your job in order to smoke a lancero. @lvfcrook1503 told me he spends 2 1/2 hours on a lancero! who has that kind of time? I was at 1 hr 45 minutes myself and that was about as long as I could handle. Looks like the 15 I ordered will be lasting me for a long time.

No way will they survive all that long.
You will find that you are able to find a little more time to smoke then and that two hour time frame may soon be your minimum when you set one alight.
The smoking time expands along with the enjoyment.

Haven't smoked any Tatuaje Lanceros, but they should be good ones.
The My Father is my current favourite in this size,but there are many,many I've never smoked.
Do remember a few years ago trying a variety, that may well have included a Tatuaje, the El Triunfador I liked least,
a Padill...,not sure but think it was a Miami, maybe 1932 ?... made by D.P. Garcia for me was clearly the best of them.

[thechasm442]

Original El Triunfidor
La Requiza
Herrera Esteli edition limitada
Tat black and black petite
Cabiguan and guapos


Just buy the tat sampler.

[Cardinal]

You may gather from my user name that I am partial to this vitola.

One of my go-to smokes is a lancero that shall not be named in this forum. The cigar I keep a few of on hand for outrageously special occasions is also a lancero that will not be named in this forum.

These are great right off the truck (except the Padron), and even better with a year or two on them:

Oliva V if you like a medium-bodied, creamy, baking-spicey, sometimes mildly cedary cigar.

Blanco 9 and 262 Paradigm if you want sweet, earthy, heavier-bodied smokes.

262 recently released an Allegiance lancero. I haven't tried it yet, but Clint has never rolled a blend I didn't like, even the ones that don't come in a lancero.

Padron makes a lancero in the X000 blend, although it doesn't carry a number designation. Has to be aged - kind of harsh ROTT.

If you can find them, PDR Capa Madura lanceros are smokeable fresh, and only get better all the way up to 3 years resting. Definitive Brazilian maduro flavor profile.

Others have mentioned the Illusione Holy Lance. Remarkable smoke in any wrapper. In fact, if you want to taste what different wrapper leaves do to a blend, try the claro, natural and maduros. The blend is so remarkably consistent that you'll easily detect the textbook flavors imparted and enhanced by the wrappers.

If you don't think you'll have time to smoke a whole lancero, cut it in half (not lengthwise oke: ) and smoke the foot half first. You won't get exactly the same experience, as lanceros are blended to deliver a flavor profile through the entire stick. But if the cigar is any good to start with, you'll still enjoy both halves.

You mentioned the PDR Capa Madura, but have you tried the Capa Oscuro? I've only smoked one of those but it was pretty good and I don't think they're super expensive.