This was a real good cigar with lots of dark bold flavors but I feel like it needed a sweet note to round it out. The burn always felt like it was trying to catch up and straighten out but never really did.
Pairings: coffee with a sweet creamer to add balance or some Early Times Bottle In Bonded.
Julius Newman was born in 1875 in a small Hungarian village and immigrated to America in 1888, seeking the American Dream. Due to a clerical error during his immigration processing, he was mistakenly named Julius Caeser Newman. Opting against becoming a tailor like his brothers, J.C. instead learned cigar making from an experienced cigar maker for $3.00 a month. He founded the J.C. Newman Cigar Company in 1895, which remains the only original cigar maker from that time still operated by his descendants.
In 2010, to commemorate J.C.’s 135th birthday and the company’s 115th anniversary, the Diamond Crown Julius Caeser cigar was launched. These cigars are meticulously crafted by hand in small batches at Tabacalera A. Fuente in the Dominican Republic, maintaining the highest standards of quality control.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Havana
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Caribbean and Central America
Factory: Tabacalera A. Fuente / Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Musty tobacco, barnyard, hay, funky cheese
Wet tobacco, raisins, hay
Loose draw, notes of yeasty bread, slight tobacco sweetness
On the light: salt, crackers, pepper, and oak.
Loose draw but a good double puff will fill the mouth with smoke. burn a slightly wavy but hasn’t been a problem. Ash held through the third. notes up front are a salt and pepper crackers followed by a charred oak slight mineral and a dry peanut shell.
Retro: is black pepper, oak, and nuts. strength is medium full and full flavor. finish is long black pepper and a mineral note on the palate and lips
Draw has gotten a little better. Starting to pick up more smoke with every puff. Not a completely bad burn. tends to get off track bu trys to correct. Ash is holding tight. on the pallet the notes up front are coffee, charred oak, and pepper followed by a hay and nuts. still a slightly salty mineral note at the end.
Retro: is white pepper, hay, oak. medium plus body and strength With a slightly long finish.
Draw is about the same with decent amount of smoke. good burn. notes have turned all dark. lots of black coffee and oak up front followed by a black pepper and toast.
Retro: Is all coffee, oak and pepper. full body and strength with a long finish
