Gifted by Peter Gaudenzi, European Market Director of 1502 Cigars.

Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Mexican San Andrés
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: 2022
Availability: Regular Production.

Size: 6×49, Toro.

Wrapper: Darker milk chocolate, smooth with small veins.

Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Light wood note.

1st third: Starts with a darkly toasted bread, cashew nuts, cane sugar, cardamom, nutmeg and oakwood.

2nd third: No changes.

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

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

3rd third: Gets a note of salted peanuts added together with white pepper spice. Otherwise the previous flavours keeps the same.

Duration: 16:40-18:00, 1h 40min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. While providing a healthy mix of nutty notes, it kept on a balances trajectory to the finish, wishing something more would have tingled flavour receptors a bit more give it a helping hand to a higher score. Other than that it performed beautifully.

Result: In my book this is an 90 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André