Gifted by Robert Caldwell, owner of Caldwell Cigars.

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

Information:
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder: Sumatra
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
Origin: Dominican Republic

Factory: El Maestro (Dominican Republic)
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: 2023
Availability: Regular Production

Size: 6×56, Toro Gordo

Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, silky smooth and oily feel with small veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Woody.

1st third: Starts with seed covered rye hard bread, chocolate muffins, medium roasted ground coffee and a touch of cinnamon bark.

2nd third: While quite unchanged it opens up with light white pepper spice and roasted chestnuts.

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

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

3rd third: Chocolate mousse is a prominent flavour initially while still retaining similar notes to before, but in the form of fruit cake, cinnamon and oakwood.

Duration: 15:30-17:00, 1h 30min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Fabulous complexity, good harmony and balanced flavours. I wouldn’t mind a box of these.

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

/Cigar Reviewer André