Gifted by Darren Cioffi owner of Principle Cigars.

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

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

Factory: Casa Carrillo (Dominican Republic)
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: 2024
Availability: Limited Edition of 500 boxes of 10 cigars.

Size: 6.5×52, Toro Extra.

Wrapper: Coffee bean brown, oily and coarse texture with small veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Earthy, pistachio shells and oakwood.

1st third: Mineral rich soil, oakwood, brown sugar and dark roasted coffee.

2nd third: Keeps the same.

Burn: Burns hasty and a bit uneven with a firm and stable white-ish ash.

Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a medium light draw.

3rd third: The brown sugar notes turns to a crystallised honey sweetness otherwise pretty unchanged.

Duration: 19:00-20:05, 1h 5min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. For being a Maduro it lacked that special umph.

Result: In my book this is a 89 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André