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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website.)
Hiram & Solomon Cigars has added a limited edition toro size to its Veiled Prophet line.
The new vitola is a 6 x 54 parejo called Monarch that will come in 20-count split top cabinet boxes that are similar to other cigars in the company’s portfolio. A total of 500 boxes are being produced by Plasencia Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua. Pricing is set at $10.50 per cigar.
It retains the same blend as the rest of the line, with an aged Brazilian Arapiraca colorado wrapper, Indonesian binder, and a filler that includes Nicaraguan habano from Estelí, Nicaraguan habano ligero from Jalapa, as well as tobacco from Paraguay. The line had previously been available in a 7 x 60 vitola called the Grand Monarch.
The cigar is dark and has a nice weight in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors were citrus/cedar, brown sugar, cinnamon, leather, nutmeg, and black coffee. There is a meaty flavor and feel to this cigar. There was black pepper which I rated at a 6 1/2 to 7. There are quite a bit of dark notes in this cigar.
About an inch in I decided to nail down the flavors a bit more. They are: citrus peel, a touch of brown sugar, some cinnamon, quite a bit of leather, nutmeg, and black coffee. The cigar still has a meaty flavor and consistency. The finish is a combination of nutmeg and cream with a continuation of that meaty undertone. There was a nice amount of lingering black pepper. At this early stage it's already coming across as medium to full bodied in strength with a heavy leaning toward full bodied.

As I reached the midpoint I got some notes of chocolate/fudge but it did not have a lot of sweetness. There seems to be a little more sweetness from brown sugar. There continue to be a lot of dark notes in the cigar but there are some sweeter notes to go along with them. The breakdown is about 65/35 dark notes to sweet notes. The cigar is very full bodied at this point. The finish is unchanged. The cigar seems to be moving in a positive direction.


Overall Score: 90
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