Don Mateo # 6
Origin: Honduras
Size: 6.80 X 48
Wrapper: EMS

From Famous:
A full-bodied Honduran bundle that is one of the lowest-priced hand-made cigars. Very full-bodied with a salty-sweet tang

Reviewed by: Patrick Mahaney
Date: July 2003
Notes:

Don Mateo is a lower priced, bundle packed, all long-filler cigar that has been around a long time. I started smoking them in the late 1980's and have stayed with Don Mateo for over 15 years. They are very reasonably priced: $26 for a 25 cigar bundle in the double corona size (6.8" X 48 ring gauge) from JR's Cigars. One sure thing about Don Mateo is they are consistent! The taste, construction, wrapper, filler has not changed in 15 years. The wrapper is a veiny, sort of tough Mexican dark wrapper; darker than the usual EMS but lighter than maduro. The filler is blend of Honduran-Nicaraguan tobacco. Full bodied, but not strong. I'd rate it on the upper end of the "medium spectrum". The cigars draw well and put out a lot of grey smoke. Don Mateo is not a "pretty" cigar, but it is a good, consistent, everyday smoke.