Gifted by Drew Newman, 4th Generation Owner & General Counsel at J.C. Newman Cigars.

Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: USA Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: J.C. Newman PENSA (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2020
Availability: Yearly Limited Production of 75.000 cigars.

Size: 6×52, Toro (All cigars have slightly different shapes some are more rectangular, triangular or square as they are packaged and rolled in a Royal Palm leaf in the boxes).

Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, coarse texture feel with small veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Light floral sweetness and bread.

1st third: Starts with pinewood, sourdough bread, floral sweetness, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and white nougat that version with almonds and candied fruits.

2nd third: While keeping the previous flavours perfectly balanced, there is a smooth creamy milk chocolate rounding out the background and a wonderful aroma fills the room.

Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm and stable white ash.

Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue with a light draw.

3rd third: In the final part the flavours blend together like a delicious fruit cake, sweetness, spices and that cake breadiness.

Duration: 17:25-19:05, 1h 40min

Conclusion: A full bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. A perfectly balanced flavour experience with a good complexity and construction, just as wonderful as I remember it the first time I enjoyed one blindly a year ago.

Result: In my book this is a 93 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André