Video review HERE.
Samples provided by manufacturer.
(Description taken from Cigar-Coop.com website)
At the 2017 ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic, La Aurora Cigars unveiled a new line known as the La Aurora ADN Dominicano. This release incorporates a tobacco known as Andullo into the blend.
Andullo tobacco undergoes a very different curing process than traditional cigar tobacco leaves. This involves putting tobacco leaves in palm seed pods. The pods are then wrapped in rope causing the andullo tobacco to compress into a thick bar almost looking like a roll of salami. Working with Andullo is not a new concept for La Aurora as they have done releases for Ventura Cigar Company and Total Flame utilizing that tobacco.
ADN Dominicano stands for “Dominican DNA”. While Andullo isn’t very common in a premium hand-made cigar, the use of Andullo tobacco is an old Dominican process and the company pays homage to that process with he ADN Dominicano release.
The blend itself is a multi-national one and is finished with a Dominican wrapper from the Cibao Valley. The cigars is being released in four sizes.
Blend Profile
Wrapper: Dominican (Cibao Valley)
Binder: Cameroon
Filler: Dominican (Cibao Valley), Pennsylvania, Nicaragua, Andullo.
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic (La Aurora SA)
Vitolas Available
Robusto: 5 x 50
Toro: 5 3/4 x 54 REVIEWED TODAY
Churchill: 7 x 47
Gran Toro: 6 x 58
The ADN Dominicano toro is a medium brown in color and has a pretty good feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors were dry cedar, orange peel, brown sugar, cinnamon, black coffee, and black pepper rated at an 8 1/2. The black pepper is already lingering very nicely on the finish.
2 inches in (38 minutes) there are caramel notes in lieu of the brown sugar notes. The dry cedar and orange peel is still there along with the cinnamon and black coffee. The black pepper is still very good although it may have toned down a bit. The cigar is medium bodied leaning toward medium to full. The finish is a caramel cream with nice lingering black pepper. 
With about 2 inches remaining (1 hour 9 minutes) there are now some faint dry pecan notes in the mix. The other flavors are about the same. The pepper remains very good, especially on the finish, which is unchanged. 
The cigar lasted a whopping 1 hour 41 minutes. Very good burn time. The cigar really didn't change from the last segment. The flavors in the ADN Dominicano were very nice. I enjoyed the dry cedar/orange peel combination. The caramel gave the cigar a nice sweetness. The dry pecans gave it a nice wrinkle. The black coffee gave it a nice base. The pepper was very good throughout especially on the finish, which was a caramel cream. These cigars are on shelves now so look for them and give them a try. You can purchase these cigars HERE.
Score: 91
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