Jose L Piedra Conservas
Origin: Cuba
Size: 5.50 X 44
Wrapper: Natural

Pablamos Cigars:
Jose Piedra cigars make no pretence at being anything more than they actually are - an everyday Cuban smoke at a good price, they have been around for many years - since 1880 when the Piedra family, emigrantes of Asturias in Northern Spain, first began producing them in the Vuelta Arriba region of Cuba.

Reviewed by: Will Copeland
Date: December 2003
Notes:

If you're looking for Cuban that is inexpensive this is it.

IMO the Conservas is the best of the Jose L Piedra line.

These are well-made cigars; the draw is usually a very good - a little tighter than easy. They have a full taste with a certain earthy sharpness (poetic eh!).

They can become even sharper in the last third but so can a lot of smaller cigars - some of them a lot more expensive than this one. Usually though I'd say they become more potent, richer rather than bitter.

On the whole these are better than average cigars at a low price.