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(Description portions taken from Cigar-Coop.com website)
Altadis debuted this cigar in January touting that this will take Henry Clay to the next level. The new line is the latest creation from Atladis’ Grupo de Maestros team.
Stalk Cut is a harvesting method where the entire stalk, containing all of the tobacco leaves is cut (as opposed to priming the leaves individually from the stalk). The stalk is then air cured in a curing barn.
The Henry Clay Stalk Cut features a 2012 vintage Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over a 2010 Vintage Dominican Piloto binder, and a filler consisting of 2012 Vintage Dominican Olor, 2012 Vintage Dominican Piloto, and 2013 Vintage Nicaraguan Criollo. The cigar will be available in three sizes – a Gran Corona, Robusto, and Toro.
The Grupo de Maestros represents some of Altadis’ most skilled cigar makers. Over the past few years, they have been involved on some high profile Altadis releases
Blend Profile:
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf, 2012 Vintage
Binder: Dominican Piloto, 2010 Vintage
Filler: Dominican Olor, 2012 Vintage; Dominican Piloto, 2012 Vintage; Nicaraguan Criollo, 2013 Vintage
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic (Tabacalera de Garcia)
Vitolas Available:
The Henry Clay Stalk Cut is available in three sizes. Each cigar features an uncut footer. The cigars are packaged in 20 count boxes with the cigars divided into two ten count bundles.
Gran Corona (w pig-tail): 6 x 46
Robusto: 5 x 50
Toro: 6 x 54 REVIEWED TODAY
The cigar is nice looking with a shiny, oily wrapper. It is box pressed with an unfinished foot. It has a nice, dense feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors were sweet blackberry with brown sugar, sweet cream, and dark coffee notes. There is a lot of sweetness in this cigar and it comes across as dark noted.



Score: 93
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