Gifted by Jeremy Casdagli, owner of Casdagli Cigars.

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

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic, USA & Zimbabwe
Origin: Dominican Republic

Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory (Dominican Republic)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2023
Availability: Regular Production

Size: 6.5×53, Piramide

Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, smooth texture with small protruding veins.

Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Oakwood.

1st third: Starts with a dry oakwood forward taste, there’s some citrus, green tea and popcorn notes in the background, other that it’s fairly one directional in the first part.

2nd third: Now it opens up for light notes of peaches, Brazil nuts and black pepper added to the previous flavours.

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

Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a light draw.

3rd third: Unchanged from previous parts.

Duration: 19:15-20:55, 1h 40min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. As stated in the first part this is a fairly one directional experience, yet enjoyable but I would have liked something more than oakwood heavy forward notes as it took to big part. Otherwise perfect combustion and construction.

Result: In my book this is a 91 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André