Gifted by Ramin Pourasghari, owner of YXTOBAK Borås.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: USA Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan Jalapa
Filler: Costa Rica & Nicaraguan Ometepe & Pueblo Nuevo
Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacalera Pichardo (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2022
Availability: Regular Production
Size: 5.9×54, Canonazo
Wrapper: Dark chocolate brown, oily texture feel with small protruding veins.
Construction: Fairly firm and a little uneven feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Dried fruits that reminds me of apricots and notes of oakwood.
1st third: Starts with notes of puff pastry, freshly baked white bread, cashew nuts, nutmeg and oakwood with a faint hint of chocolate far in the background.
2nd third: Keeps the same from the first part.
Burn: Burns sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.
Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue with a medium light draw.
3rd third: Unchanged from previous parts.
Duration: 15:30-17:00, 1h 30min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. A balanced flavour profile throughout the cigar with little to non change, still enjoyable but leaving me wanting more out of it.
Result: In my book this is an 90 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André

