Espinosa

Laranja Reserva

Paired with dove dark chocolate and Lamarca prosecco. Fantastic.

Recommended 👍 Aged 1+ year. 6 hour dry-boxing⏳️ Light wood or Graham cracker core. Definitely a Mandarin orange 🍊 citrus here. In the second half, I added dark chocolate 🍫 as a pairing test. So good. Top marks 💯 and very unique.

The draw on this one was much smoother than ones I've had in the past. Flavor notes proved of cedar, citrus, and solid spice. Turned out to be a pretty decent smoke.

Started off with a tight draw but settled down quickly. Flavor notes proved of cedar, citrus, and solid spice. Turned out to be a great cigar!

Well made, medium bodied, box-pressed toro. The unique attribute is an oily Brazilian Laranja wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The wrapper is much lighter color for those whose primary exposure to Brazilian leaf is Arapiraca. Citrus, cedar up front. Leather remained in the background throughout, a unifying theme in a surprisingly complex flavor profile. Light pepper in the middle but never dominant as in some Nicaraguan offerings. Strength builds in the final third, but it retains a nice, clean finish. Nice summer cigar. Burn was decent. Held an edge, no touchups. Ash unstable over an inch. Paired with Mount Gay Eclipse, tonic and lime wedge.

Bad construction at the cap. Came apart at the cut and unraveled more during smoke.