Bought from Piet van Kuyk, The Netherlands.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A. (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 7 count boxes.
Release: 2017
Availability: Regular Production
Size: 6×48, Corona Gorda.
Wrapper: Coffee bean brown, oily and smooth texture with tiny veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Rye bread, floral and oakwood.
1st third: Starts with rye bread, floral sweetness, pistachios, ginger and cinnamon spice.
2nd third: Pretty unchanged flavour profile.
Burn: Burns a little uneven with a firm and stable white ash.
Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a medium light draw.
3rd third: Unchanged from previous parts.
Duration: 20:15-21:50, 1h 35min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Well balanced flavours, but not a very complex flavours experience.
Result: In my book this is a 90 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André

