Facon: Gondola, 6.25x54.
Pris: Låda om 20 st kostar $106.25 på Lynns.
Röktid: 55-70 minuter.
Kommentar: Aningen gulnat cellofan, men bara en aning. Perfekt snoppning med dubbelgiljotinen, bra konstruktion alltså. Täckbladet är ljusbrunt utan tydliga vener. Draget är lätt. Medel till full kropp och styrka. Smaker av nougat, kaffe och ceder. Lite mandel kommer fram efter ett tag, liksom en touch av lite gräsighet som tur var avtog efter halva.
Askan är vitsvart spräcklig och hänger kvar bra.
Betyg: Plus för konstruktion, drag och komplexitet. Litet minus för den aningen gräsiga smaken. Jag ger denna cigarr en fyra av fem möjliga.
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Lynns:
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A robust, full bodied smoke which uses a filler blend from Nicaragua, Italy and Peru. The binder and wrapper are Honduran.
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Atlanticcigar.com:
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The Italian Habano seed filler is complimented by filler tobaccos from Nicaragua and Peru, and finished with a Habano seed Honduran-grown wrapper and binder.
Widely heralded as the producer of some of the world’s finest wines, olive oils, and truffles, Italy has been largely overlooked as a source for premium cigar tobacco. “Historically, there have been two types of tobacco seeds that thrive in Italy,” said CAO Vice President, Tim Ozgener. “The Geudertheimer seed is grown and used primarily for machine made cigars. The seed grown for CAO Italia, however, is an Italian Habano seed originally brought to Italy from Cuba some forty-plus years ago. This seed is grown in the Benevento region of the southern portion of Italy, located between Rome and Naples. We’ve experimented a great deal with Italian tobacco and we believe it lends a very unique earthy-sweetness to the blend, one that rounds out the robust, full-bodied flavor profile that is CAO Italia.”
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