Gifted by a friend.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Rosado
Binder: Nicaraguan Jalapa & Ecuador
Filler: Dominican Republic Corojo 2006 & Nicaraguan Condega Criollo 98
Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: PDR Cigars (Dominican Republic)
Box: Sold in 15 count boxes & 19 count jars.
Release: 2016
Availability: Limited Production of 27.000 cigars in total.
Size: 5.2×54, Belicoso.
Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, smooth with small veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Natural almonds and oakwood.
1st third: Starts with a toasted bread, hazelnuts, nutmeg, cacao and oakwood.
2nd third: Unchanged.
Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.
Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a medium light draw.
3rd third: Notes of watered down medium roasted coffee and chestnut gets added.
Duration: 17:45-19:25, 1h 40min
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. A pretty uneventful cigar, perfect for smoking while reading a magazine or book.
Result: In my book this is a 89 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André


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