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(from the Cigar Aficionado website)
The Garcia family, owners of My Father Cigars, has acquired a hybrid wrapper grown in Connecticut and, with it, created a new brand: El Centurion H-2K-CT.
The new cigar is named after the H-2K-CT Connecticut wrapper type, which the company said is proprietary to El Centurion. But it isn't a Connecticut wrapper in the usual sense. This isn't shade grown or broadleaf, but a Cuban-seed strain of tobacco grown in open sunlight and cultivated in the Connecticut River Valley.
"This new creation was a team effort between my father and me," said Jaime Garcia of My Father Cigars, which produces the El Centurion and My Father brands. "It is a lot different than My Father Connecticut. And different from the regular El Centurion. This new version is a medium-bodied cigar with full flavor, but it's also box-pressed. We were looking for a blend that is accessible to every palate but different from all our other brands."
Though the wrapper is grown in Connecticut, the binders and filler tobacco is Nicaraguan. El Centurion H-2K-CT is made in Nicaragua at the My Father Cigars S.A. factory and will come in two box-pressed sizes: Corona, at 5 1/2 inches by 48 ring, and Toro at 6 by 52 (REVIEWED TODAY). They will retail for $7.10 and $8.10, respectively.
The cigar is not your usual looking Connecticut wrapper. It is much darker. The cigar has a nice feel in the hand; it feels very dense.
The test draw after cutting the cap was perfect. The initial flavors were sweet orange citrus, dry wood, and black pepper rated at an 8. I expected these flavors, for the most part.




Score: 91
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