Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro is medium brown with some raised veins carrying a lighter color. The seams are smooth and the caps well applied. There are two bands, both with a silver, black and red color combination. The primary band is the traditional design for the brand with the name and logo while the foot band carries the line name. The aroma from the wrapper is earth with a bit of cocoa while the foot brings a mellow and creamy mix of wood and earth. The pre-light draw brings aged cedar, and there is a lightly spicy sensation on my lips.
Seth: The JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro is lovely in hand. Nice marbled coloring. Chocolate brown. Oily as well with small veins. Solid firmness throughout. Lovely cold draw. Aromas of herbal spices, cedar, cream and dry earth.
John: The JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro comes in cellophane and has a UPC sticker with the cigar information and a perforated tear tab to remain intact when opened. There is a primary Aladino band with silver on black and red, and a foot band indicating Fuma Noche. I weighed the cigar at 17.4 grams and the humidity was 54.9% as measured by the HumidiMeter Pro. Aromas from the wrapper were wood, mild barnyard and sweet tobacco. Out of the foot, I was picking up on tobacco and hay.

JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with toasted cedar, earth, black pepper and light mustiness. At a half inch in, the black pepper picks up a bit. The retrohale is creamy toasted cedar, earth and lightly zingy black pepper. At an inch and a quarter, the black pepper is now in between the toasted cedar and earth. As the third comes to a close, the toasted cedar is up front, with the black pepper and earth even in the middle of the profile and a light mustiness in the background. The strength was right at medium.
Seth: The first third begins with an herbal and soft mineral profile. There are some cream and cedar notes present, and the finish has this white pepper spice with tobacco. Bits of cocoa and coffee as well. Medium in strength and body.
John: My first few puffs are flavors of herbal earth, a wood finish and a delayed tannin and medium earth through the post draw. The retrohale consists of sweet tobacco, and light plus strength spices. As the first third settles in, cinnamon joins the finish. Baking spices linger between each puff as the first third continues. Sweet tobacco joins the finish by the halfway mark.

JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, the black pepper moves back in between the toasted cedar and earth. At a half inch in, the mustiness increases a bit. The retrohale is now creamy toasted cedar with mild amounts of earth and black pepper. At an inch and a half in, the toasted cedar gains a light creaminess. As the third comes to a close, the lightly creamy, toasted cedar is up front, with black pepper a bit behind, earth in the middle of the profile and mustiness in the background. The strength remained at medium.
Seth: The second third continues to deliver that white pepper spice with cream and cedar qualities. Bits of coffee and cocoa present as well. Still a solid medium in strength and body.
John: Sweet tobacco leads off the second third with wood providing the finishing flavor. As the second third settles in, the profile leads with tobacco, as medium strength spices define the center and join the finish to linger between each puff. By the halfway mark, the profile has settled into a medium minus strength flavor delivery overall, with a dry wood finish.

JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the pepper and earth both mellow a fair amount. At a half inch in, the toasted cedar loses the creaminess. The retrohale is now toasted cedar with light earth. At an inch and a quarter, the mustiness increases a bit more. As the cigar wraps up, the toasted cedar is up front, with the mustiness not too far behind and light amounts of earth and black pepper in the background. The strength bumped up to slightly above medium.
Seth: The final third delivers some white pepper and mineral spice that is paired with cedar, tobacco and cream. Coffee notes present with a finish of earth and pepper. Dry earth. Medium in strength and body to the end.
John: Wood is the opening component with spices combining with the wood in the center, and tannic wood to finish. The wood finish moves up to medium strength and dominates the profile as the last third settles in. A loamy earth joins the post draw some time later at medium strength.

JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro

Burn

Aaron: The burn was a bit wavy at times and the cigar went out once at the beginning of the second third, requiring a re-light,
Seth: I thought the burn was solid for the most part. At one time the cigar was wavy, but nothing major.
John: The burn was straight through the first two thirds as the ash held on over one inch at times. The burn was wavy through the last third.

JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro

Draw

Aaron: The draw was fairly snug throughout the smoking experience.
Seth: The draw was good from beginning to end. Well made cigar.
John: The draw was right in the ideal range between open and resistant for an amazing draw.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with toasted cedar, earth, black pepper and light mustiness. The second third saw a light creaminess join in. The final third saw the pepper and earth mellow quite a bit and the creaminess departed. The JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro had a nice flavor profile through the first two thirds. There wasn’t a lot of transitioning, but the flavor delivery was executed well. The cigar ran out of steam in the final third, which may have been attributed to the tight draw. This is another nice offering from JRE, and I’d like to see how it smokes with a better draw. I’d be open to coming back to this and would definitely be interested if this blend is offered in the Elegante vitola in the future.
Seth: I found the JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro to be an elegant cigar. It doesn’t deliver that Honduran flavor profile you get with JRE releases, but it still has this aged Honduran flavor profile. It is not in your face, but balanced and constant. A lovely blend that is composed of well-aged tobacco. It smokes great now, but you can see it showing elegance with years of aging. Lovely cream notes. Cedar and white pepper as well throughout.
John: The JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro started out promising in the first third with various flavor components coming together at different strength levels. The second and last thirds were pleasant but not as dynamic as the first third. Both the burn and the draw were perfect. The Aladino line from JRE has delivered some outstanding cigars for some time, many of them showing up on our end of year list. The Fuma Noche represents a significant departure from their current portfolio, and the profile just didn’t work for me. I would be interested in revisiting it if the line gets a new size in the future. Total smoking time was 2 hours and 31 minutes.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

6.32

Cost/Point

$2.53

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

6.32

Cost/Point

$2.53

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

6.10

Cost/Point

$2.62

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: JRE Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro