839. Fratello Sorella Toro

Gifted by Omar de Frias, owner of Fratello Cigars.

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

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Indonesia
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2019
Availability: Regular Production

Size: 6×52, Toro.

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

Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Cedarwood.

1st third: Starts with toasted bread, oakwood, natural mix of nuts and some bitterness in the after taste.

2nd third: Unchanged.

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

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

3rd third: The taste mutes down quite a bit.

Duration: 17:15-18:35, 1h 20min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Quite lacklustering as it is, wanted a bit more progress through the cigar.

Result: In my book this is a 87 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André