Gifted by Srecko Pavicevic, owner of Global Cigar.
Location: This review was made indoors in Mellgrens cigar lounge.
Information:
El Brujito
It tells a Nicaraguan tradition that a shaman blessed the fields and helped to have a good tobacco crop. For this reason the symbol of The Brujito is stamped on each of the cigar bands.
Wrapper: Ecuador Habano.
Binder: Habano 2000 Nicaragua.
Filler: Habano Ecuador Nicaragua.
Made in Estelí, Nicaragua.
Size: 5×52, Robusto
Wrapper: Milk chocolate, oily and silky-smooth with tiny veins.
Construction: Firm even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Cedarwood.
1st third: Starts with a roasted beef and lightly charred wood.
2nd third: The meat flavour goes over to a more medium roasted coffee but still keeps the charred wood note in the background.
Burn: Burns a little wonky with a firm and fairly stable crisp white ash.
Smoke: Volume white smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue and a light draw.
3rd third: Keeps the same from part 2.
Duration: 21:20-22:20, 1h.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile.
Result: In my book this is an 89 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André