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Release Date: Dec. 11, 2020
Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production
Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3
I’ve mentioned this before, but I try not to read anything about the cigars I’m reviewing until after I’m done smoking the cigars. Given that Patrick wrote the news story about this cigar and Brooks went to Blue Smoke to buy them, I hadn’t seen one until I pulled it out of my review box. The first thing I noticed was that this is close, but not the proper 7 7/16 (192mm) x 38 lancero; instead, it’s the more common 7-inch version we see from non-Cuban manufacturers. The second thing I noticed was that the bands were placed very high up on the cigar. Like I had witnessed when I saw this wrapper three years ago, it’s a lot cleaner than the typical Cameroon wrapper. It lacks the spotting and much of the visual features that can lead to some people calling African Cameroon wrapper “ugly.” That being said, the aroma from the wrapper is a mixture of leather, cara