308. Plasencia Reserva 1898 Toro

Store bought at Mellgrens Fine Tobacco.

Location: This review was made indoors in Mellgrens cigar lounge.

Information:
Plasencia Reserva 1898 vaunts its goodness in every way. The leaves are derived from the finest tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Honduras.

Size: 6 3/4×52, Toro.

Wrapper: Coffee bean, oily and silky-smooth with tiny veins.

Construction: Firm even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Oakwood and walnut.

1st third: Starts with a walnut, sweet earthy note with oakwood in the background.

2nd third: It eveolves with a note of milk chocolate added.

Burn: Burns fairly sharp, with a firm and stable white ash.

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

3rd third: Keeps it’s flavours from previous parts.

Duration: 22:25-23:25, 1h.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile.

Result: In my book this is an 90 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André

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