The first release of Gellis Family Cigars from Esteli, Nicaragua! Meticulously crafted at the NACSA factory in Esteli utilizing 100% Sungrown Nicaraguan tobacco. Featuring a soft box press to amplify the expressive flavors of the rich volcanic soils of Nicaragua. With tobaccos from Esteli, Ometepe, Condega, and Jalapa! Experience a new level of complexity right now from Gellis Family Cigars.
-Drop Cigar Club
Bought from – DROP Cigar Club
Information:
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: NACSA
Aging (if any): N/A
Single (MSRP): $13
Box (MSRP): $182
Availability: Available
Size: 5.5 x 48
Band/Packaging:
Simple two tied wooden box with minimal branding, label is beautiful. Gold, black and teal, and the “G” is iridescent
Wrapper:
Mocha brown, no veins
Construction:
Well packed, but not too firm, soft box pressed
THE REVIEW
Cold draw:
Cedar, slight pepper, slight cocoa
First third:
White pepper, cedar, earth, caramel, leather
Retro:
Cedar, brown sugar, caramel
Second third:
Fruit, brown sugar, caramel, cedar, leather
Burn:
Not straight but no issues
Smoke:
Large plumes, thick smoke
Final third:
Coffee, milk chocolate, brown sugar, caramel, cedar,
Retro:
Leather, white pepper, citrus peel, rich chocolate
Duration:
1 hour 27 minutes
Conclusion:
As Cigar Hound Dog would say, this was a crescendo cigar. Spicy at first with lots of cedar, earth, and caramel, undertones of leather and brown sugar on the retro. I’m not huge on spice but this was a nice spice. White pepper is mainly what I took away, and it was a nice start. As the cigar burned the spice left and a brown sugar, caramel and fruit note took over, with a consistent cedar throughout. Delicious all the way through. The final third to me is where this really shined. The mixture of milk chocolate, brown sugar, and caramel really blends into a sweet bomb of flavor, accompanied by coffee and cedar. On the retro I get leather, a citrus peel, and a rich chocolate note on the back end that lingers on the palate. Absolutosly delicious! (Excuse my god awful pun). Definitely a medium + on the strength and body. Can definitely feel the nicotine a bit. Excited to see how some age will affect this already spectacular blend. Overall rating of a 97 and suggest everyone grab a box if you can.
Result: 97
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