Gifted by Joya de Nicaragua.

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

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A. (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 25 count boxes.
Release: 1970s.
Availability: Regular Production.

Size: 5×50, Robusto.

Wrapper: Light milk chocolate brown, silky smooth texture with tiny veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Hay.

1st third: Starts with hot chocolate, cedarwood, almonds and nutmeg.

2nd third: Keeps fairly similar to the first part with an additional baking spice.

Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.

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

3rd third: Fairly unchanged from previous parts.

Duration: 19:45-20:40, 55min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. It’s a good cigar with a very level experience.

Result: In my book this is a 88 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André