1030. Foundation Charter Oak Maduro Toro

Gifted by a friend.

Location: This review was made in a cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan Habano
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2016
Availability: Regular Production.

Size: 6×50, Toro.

Wrapper: Coffee bean dark brown, coarse texture with tiny veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Dark oak and earthy.

1st third: Starts with a ground dark roasted coffee, dark oakwood, walnuts and tart dried citrus fruits.

2nd third: Unchanged, keeping it’s tartness stable.

Burn: Burns hasty and sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.

Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a light draw.

3rd third: It keeps the same from start to finish.

Duration: 16:20-17:10, 50min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Leaving a cottonmouth feel, you need something sweet to accompany this cigar otherwise you won’t enjoy this experience.

Result: In my book this is a 87 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André