Gifted by Jonathan Drew President and Founder of Drew Estate.
Location: This review was made indoors in Mellgrens Fine Tobacco’s cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Broadleaf Maduro.
Binder: Indonesian.
Filler: Nicaraguan.
Flavored and infused cigar.
Size: 5.8×54, Torpedo.
Wrapper: Coffee bean, oily and silky smooth with tiny veins.
Construction: Medium firm and even when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Sugar sweet candy.
1st third: Starts with a note of medium roasted coffee, light hints of wood and the lips are covered of the sugar sweet candy note.
2nd third: Keeps the same.
Burn: Burns wonky, with a firm but a flaky white ash.
Smoke: Voluminous white smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue and a light draw.
3rd third: No changes, just a lot of unnatural sweetness.
Duration: 16:55-17:55, 1h.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile.
Result: In my book this is an 85 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André