Gifted by a friend.

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

Information:
Wrapper: Dominican Republic Corojo
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Origin: Dominican Republic

Factory: Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. (Dominican Republic)
Box: Sold in 32 count boxes.
Release: 2005
Availability: Regular Production

Size: 6.25×39, Petit Lancero.

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

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Light cedarwood and hay.

1st third: Honey oats, shortbread, slightest note of pepper spice and a faint touch of cedarwood.

2nd third: The spice note gets cranked up a fair bit, while keeping previous flavours steady.

Burn: Burns sharp 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: Fairly unchanged from part 2, but keeps steady.

Duration: 16:20-18:20, 2h.

Conclusion: A mild bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Fairly unconplex cigar, yet well balanced.

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

/Cigar Reviewer André