Bought at YXTobak in Borås, Sweden.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Honduras & USA Connecticut
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Honduras & Nicaragua
Origin: Honduras
Factory: Undisclosed (Honduras)
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: 2022
Availability: Limited Production
Size: 6×54, Toro
Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown and with streaks of lighter brown. Oily and smooth texture feel with small protruding veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Gingerbread and cedarwood.
1st third: Starts with a gingerbread, toasted bread, almonds and cedarwood.
2nd third: Hints of sweet spice and white pepper added to the mix.
Burn: Burns sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.
Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a medium cool feeling on the tongue with a medium light draw.
3rd third: Hints of cacao powder while ramping up the pepper spice.
Duration: 12:05-13:30, 1h 25min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium to full strength profile. A slow crescendo throughout the cigar, while it left a certain dryness in the mouth the flavours kept constant.
Result: In my book this is an 89 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André


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