Gifted by a friend.

Location: This review was made indoors in Mellgrens Fine Tobacco’s cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: Habano HVA DR 2007
Binder: Dominican Republic 2007-2009
Filler: Dominican Republic 2007-2009
Limited to 2500 cigars. Made in 2016.

Size: 5×50, Robusto.

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

Construction: Firm even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Light wood.

1st third: Starts with a note of Brazil nuts, cedarwood, earthy, marzipan and cream.

2nd third: No changes.

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

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

3rd third: Gets hints of dark chocolate and red peppers, otherwise keeps previous flavours.

Duration: 23:00-00:00, 1h.

Conclusion: A full bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. The later iteration in the lineup (3.0) is definitely an improvement from this cigar. It’s good but fell a bit short from being amazing.

Result: In my book this is an 89 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André