Gifted by Great Wall Cigars.
Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Nicaragua & China
Origin: China
Factory: Great Wall Cigar Factory (China)
Box: Sold in 10 count boxes.
Release: 2025
Availability: Limited Edition of 100 boxes of 10 cigars. The box also doubles as an ashtray.
Size: 7.2×52, Double Corona.
Wrapper: Light milk chocolate brown, smooth texture with tiny veins.
Construction: Fairly giving and a little uneven feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Light cedarwood.
1st third: Starts a little harsh, cedarwood, white pepper, hay and earthy.
2nd third: Keep the same flavours, a bit lackluster body as it feels pretty thin.
Burn: Burns pretty hasty, a little uneven, with a firm and stable white-ish ash.
Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a light draw.
3rd third: Fairly unchanged, notes of cacao in the final centimetres.
Duration: 17:35-19:15, 1h 40min.
Conclusion: A mild bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. Fairly lacklustering, not very complex fairly one-sided blend. But still and okay cigar.
Result: In my book this is a 87 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André

