Gifted by a friend.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadoran Habano 2009
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: My Father Cigars S.A. (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 14 count boxes.
Release: 2013
Availability: Limited Edition, 2,500 Boxes of 14 Cigars (35,000 Total Cigars).
Size: 6.5×52, Toro.
Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, silky smooth with tiny veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Red wine barrel, dried plums and wheat.
1st third: Starts with Cheerios cereal, honey, marzipan, sweet pastry and cardamom.
2nd third: No changes.
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: Overall no direct changes in taste, more like a toasted cereal grains tone.
Duration: 17:50-19:30, 1h 40min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. For it being 10 years old it keeps a well balanced flavour complexity.
Result: In my book this is a 91 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André

