Gifted by a friend.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: La Zona (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 20 count boxes.
Release: 2015
Availability: Discontinued.
Size: 5.5×46, Corona Gorda.
Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, oily and smooth texture with small protruding veins.
Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Pinewood.
1st third: Starts with cashew nuts, pinewood and citrus zest.
2nd third: Unchanged.
Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm and stable white ash.
Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue with a medium draw.
3rd third: Keeps the same from previous parts.
Duration: 20:20-22:00, 1h 40min.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Good cigar but not very complex.
Result: In my book this is a 88 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André

