859. Davidoff Limited Edition 2024 Year of the Dragon

Bought from Cigarrummet, Sweden.

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

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic, Mexico & Nicaragua
Origin: Dominican Republic

Factory: Cigars Davidoff (Dominican Republic)
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: 2023
Availability: Limited Edition of 19.500 boxes of 10 cigars.

Size: 7.5×49, Double Corona.

Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, silky smooth texture with small veins. Roughly 1 cm of shaggy foot.

Construction: Medium firm and a little uneven spots when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Brass trumpet, pine needles and light wood.

1st third: Starts with a brass instrument, freshly picked pine nuts, lightly toasted bread and pinewood.

2nd third: Fairly unchanged, with some nutmeg and cinnamon spice.

Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm but initially quite flakey, then stable white-ish ash.

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

3rd third: Notes of dark chocolate taking the front seat while the previous flavours stay the same.

Duration: 15:55-17:55, 2h.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Well balanced flavours throughout.

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

/Cigar Reviewer André

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