Chisel 6" x 52 ring gauge / $8.00 MSRP (Only available in Chisel Sampler)First off I'd like to again thank Tony Gomez over at La Flor Dominicana. He sent this sample home from IPCPR with the owner of my regular shop. Since this is technically a pre-release I was only able to smoke 1 cigar for this review. This was definitely not my first Coronado cigar, just the first one in this size. This is a special release from this year that will only be available in the Chisel Sampler box, a 5 pack of chisel shaped cigar. This is one of the two cigars in the pack, the other being the Cameroon Chisel, that aren't available outside the pack. The cigar has the same makeup as the normal Coronado. It is comprised of a wrapper of Habano Sun-Grown Nicaraguan leaf and the filler is a blend of Dominican Sumatra and Piloto Cubano; the binder is Dominican Corojo.
Giving this cigar the once over visually the first thing that strikes me is the color of the wrapper. It is a reddish copper color which contrasts nicely with the mainly gold and maroon band. The wrapper has some veins with a good amount of oils in it. The wrapper has a slightly velvety feel to it when I touch it. The are no soft spots and only a slight amount of give when the cigar is squeezed. When I put my nose to the wrapper I get the light aroma of barnyard, with the light aroma of hay from the foot. I clipped this one using my MTX, rather than a punch, and was only able to get a slight sweetness on the tongue when I took a cold draw on it. The draw was slightly tight, but that is something I've experienced on many of the other chisels I've smoked.
The first thing you notice after lighting it up, as with most LFD cigars, is a strong spice on the tongue and on the retrohale. The flavors of cinnamon and leather were the most prominate from the start. The draw was ok with a fair amount of smoke. The cigar was medium full to start off. The burn line was slightly uneven but nothing that needed to be touched up. Towards the end of the first third I started getting a slightly metallic taste. This isn't anything that was unpleasant or unexpected as I've experienced it on pretty much every other Coronado I've smoked. The ash was very white and held on for about an inch before needing to be tapped off.
The second third didn't see much change in the flavors of the cigar. The predominate ones being cinnamon, leather, spice, and maybe chocolate. I was very much enjoying the cigar at the moment. The draw was a little tighter than I would prefer, but, as I said before, that's something I've noticed in some of the chisels. The spice toned down a bit as I progressed through the second third.
The flavors didn't really change as I moved into the final third. The spice did ramp up a bit as I finished the cigar. It almost seemed like a wasabi type spice when I blew the smoke out of my nose, one of the many reasons I enjoy this cigar. The burn did pretty much even itself out by the start of the final third. I also got a bit a creaminess, something that I don't remember experiencing before, about half way through this third. The cigar was in my opinion pretty much medium full strength throughout.
An altogether enjoyable cigar. While I would have preferred the draw to be freer, I would most likely purchase the chisel sampler to give it another try. While I wouldn't recommend this cigar to a novice or mild cigar smoker, if you want to give something with some power and flavor a try I had heartily recommend it.
Body: 8/10
Strength: 8/10
Complexity: 7/10
AFP Scale
Pre-light: 2/2
Construction: 1.5/2
Flavor: 4/5
Value: 1/1
Total: 8.5/10
Total: 8.5/10
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