Gifted by Melissa Meerapfel, VP at Selection Meerapfel Cigars.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Honduras
Binder: Costa Rica
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Honduras
Factory: Undisclosed (Honduras)
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: Undisclosed
Availability: Regular Production.
Size: 6×50, Toro.
Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, smooth with tiny veins.
Construction: Firm even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Hay.
1st third: Starts with a creamy foamed milk, medium roasted coffee and sandalwood.
2nd third: The only change or addition is an introduction of milk chocolate.
Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.
Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a medium draw.
3rd third: Gets a slight salty note added, other than that it keeps previous flavours.
Duration: 14:30-16:15, 1h 45 min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Well balanced flavours. A delicious cigar it just didn’t give me that wow factor.
Result: In my book this is an 89 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André

