Size: 150mm x 52
Vitola: Canonazo
Wrapper: 2003 Habano
Origin: El Laguito
Age: Tobacco – 7 years, Cigar – less than a year
Only 5000 boxes were made, harvested from the best tobacco of the 2003 crop, the Gran Reserva signifies the best possible product from Cuba. Here’s more about this special smoke: Habanos Press release. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to smoke a cigar of this magnitude, even at nearly a dollar per millimeter of tobacco.
As I take it out of my trunk humidor, I can’t help buy notice how unassuming it is. The wrapper looks like any other Habano, light brown and thin with very little visible veins – just a little more red in color. I expected it to be more hefty than it is, most Cohibas are packed very tightly, but not this one. Upon clipping it, I notice the pre-light draw is very easy – different from most Sig VIs.
I toast the foot and begin to draw in the best that Cuba has to offer.