Gifted by Udo Fetzer, International Sales Europe for Oscar Valladares Cigars.
Location: This review was made in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Honduran Connecticut
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Honduras & Nicaragua
Origin: Honduras
Factory: Oscar Valladres Tobacco & Co. (Honduras)
Box: Sold in 11 count boxes.
Release: 2023
Availability: Regular Production.
Size: 6×52, Toro.
Wrapper: Beige brown, smooth texture with small veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Cedarwood and hay.
1st third: Starts with a whipped cream, wheat biscuits, marcona almonds and cedarwood.
2nd third: Keeps inline with the first part, but it dries out the palate.
Burn: Burns fairly 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: The flavours keeps the same, but the mouth feel is pretty chalky, like a water resistant layer on the palate.
Duration: 19:30-21:25, 1h 55min.
Conclusion: A mild bodied cigar with a mild strength profile. It’s a Connecticut, a classic plain Connecticut.
Result: In my book this is a 87 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André Charuto Dias
