Gifted by a friend.

Location: This review was made in a cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: Undisclosed
Binder: Ecuadorian Habano
Filler: Dominican Republic, Ecuador & Nicaragua
Origin: Costa Rica

Factory: Tabacos de Costa Rica (Costa Rica).
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: 2021
Availability: Regular Production.

Size: 7.5×42, Lancero.

Wrapper: Dark roasted coffee bean brown, sandy texture with small veins.

Construction: Fairly soft and uneven feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Cedarwood.

1st third: Starts with hickory wood, barbeque, walnuts and dark roasted coffee.

2nd third: There is a harshness creeping up together with a pepper spice. The previous flavours aren’t affected.

Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm but flakey and unstable white-ish ash.

Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a medium cool feeling on the tongue with a light draw.

3rd third: It’s bringing the punches, it’s dark, heavy nicotine feeling. The flavours are inline with before, no changes in taste but not as harsh as before.

Duration: 15:55-17:05, 1h 10min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a full strength profile. It’s a heavy cigar, full force of nicotine, it’s not for the faint hearted person. It’s not for enjoyment, it’s for the person who’s addicted to nicotine, I’m feeling dizzy. But I have to say it’s not bad tasting just very unbalanced and strong. Almost half of it is pretty harsh.

Result: In my book this is a 84 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André