Gifted by a friend.
Location: This review was made indoors in Hotel Havanna’s cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Corojo
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory.
Box: Sold in 15 count boxes.
Release: November 2020.
Availability: Limited to 10.000 cigars annually.
Size: 6×49, Piramide
Wrapper: Milk chocolate, oily and silky smooth with small veins.
Construction: Medium firm and even when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Hay, white pepper and milk chocolate.
1st third: Starts off with a creamy milk chocolate nougat combination, birchwood and a light toasted bread note in the background.
2nd third: Introduction of a light white pepper spice that gently caresses the taste buds while the previous flavours flows on like before.
Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a flaky but stable white ash.
Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue with a light draw.
3rd third: In the final part the white pepper steps forward more prominently, while still retaining milk chocolate, nougat and birchwood. I would also be so bold to say there’s a hint of coffee beans in the background.
Duration: 11:20-13:10, 1h 50min.
Conclusion: A medium to full bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. A hard cigar to put down, enjoyable out to the fingertips.
It’s a very good variant of the original limited edition it’s based on with a bit more power yet very much a cigar I would buy a box of.
Result: In my book this is an 94 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André

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