Wrapper: Dominican
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican
Vitola: Belicoso (5 ¾ x 48)
Purchase Link: Davidoff Puro Dominicano 2009
PURO DOMINICANO REVIEW – CALIFORNIA
Summary: Oak, umami, and red pepper at the beginning. Brown sugar and roses sweeten things up and balance out the heavier flavors. Solid construction throughout the first third.
Just hay and cherry starting off the second third. I'm hoping the complexity kicks it up a few notches soon. There's an aged-tobacco taste to it, if that makes any sense to you. The smoke is super thick (great for smoke rings) and more floral notes come into play.
Aged tobacco and cherry in the final third. Not the most complex cigar, but I'd smoke more if the price is right.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: Walking around the neighborhood looking at the various types of front doors.
Pairing Suggestion: Bourbon.
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Fiver.
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PURO DOMINICANO REVIEW – WISCONSIN
Summary: This cigar started with nuts, leather, cocoa, mineral, and a whole pile of cedar. Cedar dominated the profile in an unbalanced way until about the halfway point, when earth joined in and drastically improved the flavors.
The cigar required a few touch-ups but drew well. Overall, it seemed like a generally average cigar. Its downfall for me is that it has exactly the flavor profile that I don't prefer.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: If you like reading my reviews and thinking, "you and I have tremendously different palates", this cigar might be for you.
Pairing Suggestion: Sweet tea
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Single.
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PURO DOMINICANO REVIEW – OREGON
Summary: This torpedo shaped Cigar has a smooth and slightly oily rapper. I smell very mild tobacco in a little bit of sweetness from both the rapper and the foot. The cold draw is perfect and offers up that same mild tobacco with a little bit of sweetness on the pallet.
Honey, oak, leather, nuts, creamy vanilla, hints of sweet caramel and a finish of white pepper spice make up the group of flavors. It’s very smooth! There is a Wasabi style heat in the retro hale as well.
It has great smoke output and the ash has held to the halfway mark.
Honey covered almonds with mild oak notes start the second half. It still has a mild pepper kick to it as well. Towards the end the wood notes pick up a notch but there’s still a great nutty sweetness to it.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: A weekend Texas Hold ‘em tourney.
Pairing Suggestion: Vanilla stout.
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Box.
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