Gifted by Ramin Pourasghari, owner of YXTobak.
Location: This review was made indoors in Mellgrens Fine Tobacco’s cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan Criollo Habano
Filler: Nicaraguan Condega & Jalapa
Size: 4×50, Petit Robusto.
Wrapper: Milk chocolate, oily and silky smooth with tiny veins.
Construction: Firm even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Hay and oakwood.
1st third: Starts with roasted chestnuts and milk chocolate.
2nd third: The milk chocolate turns to a hot chocolate otherwise it keeps the chestnut flavour.
Burn: Burns sharp with a firm and stable gray ash.
Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue and a medium light draw.
3rd third: Keeps the same notes as previous parts.
Duration: 15:35-16:30, 55min.
Conclusion: A mild to medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile.
Result: In my book this is an 91 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André