Gifted by Jeremy Casdagli, owner of Casdagli Cigars.

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

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Costa Rica
Filler: Peru, Dominican Republic & Undisclosed
Origin: Costa Rica

Factory: IGM Boutique Factory (Costa Rica)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2023
Availability: Yearly Limited Production.

Size: 5×54, Robusto.

Wrapper: Coffee bean brown, oily and smooth texture with tiny veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Pinewood.

1st third: Starts with toasted bread, pinewood, nutmeg, chocolate mousse, citrus zest and pepper.

2nd third: Natural almonds added other than that it keeps the same with a pepper heavy note presence.

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

Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a medium cool feeling on the tongue with a medium light draw.

3rd third: A darker chocolate note together with the pepper spice takes of the final part of this experience.

Duration: 20:55-22:05, 1h 10min

Conclusion: A full bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Complex with a nice crescendo of spice throughout.

Result: In my book this is a 92 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André