Gifted by a friend.
Location: This review was made outdoors during a cloudy evening with 22C, 47% humidity in the air and 3 m/s wind.
Information:
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Estelí Maduro
Binder: Undisclosed
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Undisclosed (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 16 count boxes.
Release: 2021
Availability: Regular Production
Size: 5×52, Torpedo Boxpressed
Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, smooth and tight texture feel with small veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Barnyard.
1st third: Starts with toasted bread, like a zesty bitter orange marmalade and cedarwood.
2nd third: Unchanged.
Burn: Burns hasty with a fairly sharp burn but with a not so solid white-ish ash.
Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue with a light draw.
3rd third: Gets notes of dark roasted coffee added to the mix.
Duration: 20:20-20:50, 30min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. A fairly quick experience, but for the time you get it’s pleasant.
Result: In my book this is a 87 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André


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