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(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
This was William Cooper's, also know as Cigar Coop, number one cigar for 2018. That got me interested since I was unfamiliar with the cigar. I did not read his review of the cigar but since he picked it number one I wanted to try it. As you know, Coop is generous enough to allow me to use his descriptions of most of the cigars I review and for that I am very grateful.
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, JRE Tobacco Company launched a limited release known as the Aladino Corojo Reserva. Like the original Aladino Corojo blend, the Aladino Corojo Reserva was a 100% authentic corojo offering – utilizing tobaccos grown by the Eiroa Tobacco farm. The Corojo Reserva was designed to be a bolder offering under the Aladino brand.
JRE Tobacco Company is owned and operated by the father and son team of Julio R. Eiroa and Justo M. Eiroa. The Aladino name can be traced back to the 1970s. There was a historic movie theater in DanlĂ, Honduras known as El Cine Aladino. This theater was operated by Christian and Justo Eiroa’s grandfather. Today, Christian owns the Aladino factory, which is in the theater’s former location. Aladino is also the name that Julio Eiroa chose to name one of his brands. When Aladino was released, this was a brand positioned as delivering a classic, “old-fashioned” cigar experience reminiscent of those during the “golden age” between 1947 and 1961.
The Aladino Corojo Reserva consists of 100% Authentic Corojo grown on the Eiroa Tobacco farm. The blend incorporates high priming corona into the blend.
Wrapper: Authentic Corojo
Binder: Authentic Corojo
Filler: Authentic Corojo
Country of Origin: Honduras
Factory: Las Lomas
Vitolas Offered
The Aladino Corojo Reserva is available in one size – a 5 x 50 Robusto. Each is presented in 20-count boxes.
The cigar is a chocolate brown. For a robusto it has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The cold draw had notes of sweet hay. The initial flavors at light up were very powerful. Not in strength but the black pepper immediately gets your attention. I rated the pepper at the outset at 8 1/2. Retrohaling will bring out a massive amount. There was a nice cedar, a lot of cinnamon, and sweet caramel. There is so much black pepper the sweetness is a little hidden at the outset. There is a nice black coffee base and bridging the sweeter flavors and the black coffee is unsalted almond butter. Nice, unusual start.



Overall Score: 94.33
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