This cigar was not bad, but also not the best. The few flavors were about the same throughout the whole cigar. The burn was wavy on both samples. With the right pairing, I believe your experience could be more enjoyable than mine. As always, I complete all my reviews with a bottle of water.
The Quesada family, originally bakers from Spain before arriving in Cuba, entered the tobacco industry in the late 1800s when a debt was repaid to them with tobacco. They explored different tobaccos and arrived in the Dominican Republic in 1929 but remained headquartered in Cuba until the 1960s. In 1974, they established Manufactura de Tabacos, S.A. (MATASA) in Santiago, which began with three rollers and expanded to 35. Today, Manuel “Manny” Quesada, along with the 5th generation, his daughters Patricia and Raquel, and his niece Esther Quesada, serve the now more than 300 employees of the Quesada Cigar Factory.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano / Binder: Dominican / Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan
Release: Toro / Size: 6 x 50
Factory: Tabacos de Exportación / Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Dry Fall season leaves
Grape jam and slight brown sugar
Cantaloupe and some other fruit
At light up I got a cedar note. Going into the first third, the notes I got was a really woody flavor. A little bit of black pepper on the tongue. Cedar on the retrohale.
Into the second third, the woody flavor toned down to a nice smooth cedar note. Along with a tad bit, unsweetened, milk chocolate, caramel. Some white pepper on the tongue.
The flavor notes are very similar to the second third, but with the caramel falling off. The pepper turned up on the tongue, and the cedar persists on the retrohale.
