Gifted by Emmanuel Diaz, Commercial Director of Tabacalera Díaz Cabrera.
Location: This review was made in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano 2000
Binder: Mexican San Andrés
Filler: Dominican Republic Corojo, Criollo 98, Negrito & Peruvian Pelo de Oro
Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: Tabacalera Díaz Cabrera (Dominican Republic)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2025
Availability: Regular Production.
Size: 5×52, Robusto.
Wrapper: Coffee bean brown, oily and smooth texture with tiny veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Cedarwood.
1st third: Starts with roasted chestnuts, cedarwood, nutmeg and anise.
2nd third: Keeps a steady flow of previous flavours.
Burn: Burns sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.
Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue with a light draw.
3rd third: A pepper spice and strawberry jam covered toasted bread steps forward while retaining the previous flavours steady.
Duration: 21:30-22:40, 1h 10min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium to full strength profile. It’s a fairly level flavour experience, it’s a good cigar but I wanted a bit more complexity to make it more exciting.
Result: In my book this is a 89 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André Charuto Dias
