Bought from Club Mareva Beirut, Lebanon.

Location: This review was made outdoors during a sunny morning with 19°C, 49% humidity in the air and 3 km/h wind.

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Undisclosed
Filler: Undisclosed
Origin: Costa Rica

Factory: IGM Boutique Factory (Costa Rica)
Box: Sold in 15 count boxes.
Release: 2024
Availability: Limited Edition of 200 boxes of 15 cigars made for Club Mareva Beirut.

Size: 9.2×47, Gran Corona ‘A’

Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, oily and silky smooth texture with tiny veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Light hay and cacao notes.

1st third: Starts with gingerbread, cacao nibs, toasted brioche buns, brown sugar and a light oakwood finish.

2nd third: The cacao turns to a chocolaty hazelnut spread on a well toasted brioche bread, while retaining most of the previously mentioned flavours. Towards the second third of the second third notes of coconut shell gets introduced.

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: While not changing much towards the end it opens up with sweet floral notes giving it a breath of freshness to end it off.

Duration: 09:45-12:15, 2h 30min.

Conclusion: A full bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Complex flavours while well balanced from start to finish.

Result: In my book this is a 94 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André