Video review HERE.
(from the Cigar Aficionado website)
A La Aurora Puro Vintage 2006 wooden chest of cigars was auctioned off at this year's ProCigar charity auction this year in the Dominican Republic. The chest came loaded with 54 Puro Vintage 2006 cigars in three sizes: Preferido, Robusto and Salomon, and it ended up selling for a closing price of $3,500.
While the Robusto and Preferido were only made for the auction chest and its lucky bidder, La Aurora, the oldest premium cigar factory in the Dominican Republic, has decided to commercially release the Salomon, with shipments starting in April. It's a 6 1/2 inch by 60 ring gauge figurado that commemorates La Aurora's 111th year in business, and it contains tobacco all culled from a 2006 harvest.
The cigars come packaged in a period-piece replica of the original La Aurora boxes first designed in 1903. Each Salomon stands upright in the box, which opens from both the top and the front. Only 1,500 boxes of 18 cigars are scheduled for release.
Wrapper: Ecuador Havana
Binder: Dominican
Filler; Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua
(all tobaccos above from 2006 harvest)
The cigar is beautiful to look at and very well made. It has a nice dense feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the minimum from the cap was very good. The initial flavors were sweet cedar, cinnamon, and Ethiopian coffee. There was black pepper rated at a 7.




Score: 91
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