Lords of England Maduro Toro (6 x 50)

Video review HERE.

(Description taken from Cigar-Coop.com website)

Pure Aroma Cigars, best known as the makers of the D’Crossier brand of cigars, is set to resurrect an old Cuban brand. The company has brought back the Lords of England line. This was a Cuban brand that was introduced to the U.S. market in 1905.

Lords of England was a cigar line that was originally popular in Europe. It carried the trademark of the Estabrook & Eaton Cigar Company. Around 1905, Don Gustavo Bock introduced the cigar to the U.S. market. Once introduced, Lords of England became a popular cigar in hotels and cigar clubs in the U.S. Bock produced the brand out of Havana, Cuba. Bock was a partner in Henry Clay & Bock Company. Eventually, that company was purchased by American Tobacco Trust (which Bock would head up.)

The brand eventually became dormant and disappeared from the market. However, the history of the brand caught the attention of Pure Aroma Cigars owner Santana Diaz.

“In my research, I found out that the Bock company produced at least three different versions of this elegant cigar. A modest version came in large cedar boxes of 50 in several shapes and sizes with the Lords of England logo stamped in brilliant colors with the Estabrook & Eaton name engraved in the middle, a tribute to the original English importers and distributors of that cigar,” commented Diaz in a press release.

“The second and third version bore the name of Don Gustavo Bock and E&E, and it was considerably more upscale with an elegantly wrapped box designed with bright colors, gold filigree, and classical themes – a fitting precursor to the highly designed cigar labels and boxes of modern times. Bock was really the father of the modern cigar, as we know it. After all he introduced the Cuban ring and was the architect of the big business approach to producing and marketing fine cigars,” added Diaz. “It is around 114 years since the Lords of England was introduced in this country. I’d like to recapture some of that history of my native island and make the Lords of England cigar the premium brand it once was.”

Diaz is teaming up with Tabacalera Perdomo to produce the cigar. The Lords of England line returns in two blends – the Lords of England Connecticut and the Lords of England Maduro which feature an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade and Mexican San Andres wrapper respectively. Both cigars are available in three sizes: Robusto, Toro, and Churchill. Each is packaged in 25-count boxes.

“Believe me, I have worked diligently to find the right blend of tobaccos to recreate this Cuban legend,” commented Diaz.

Today I am looking at the maduro version of the Lords of England in the toro size.

Lord of England Maduro

Wrapper: Mexican San Andres

Binder: Nicaraguan

Filler: Nicaraguan

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: Tabacalera Perdomo SA

Available vitolas:

Robusto: 5 x 50

Toro: 6 x 50 REVIEWED TODAY

Churchill: 7 x 50

The cigar is well made and dark brown in color. It has an average feel in the hand.

The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors at light up were a very pronounced, sweet, tangy orange citrus, lots of cinnamon, a touch of brown sugar, low levels of nutmeg, a lot of a sweet chocolate, and a nice black coffee base. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. There is a lot of sweet orange citrus and a lot of sweet chocolate. This is a very good start.

At the first third (33 minutes) the cigar is a nice surprise. I knew nothing about this brand or this cigar before purchasing them. I based my purchase on the fact that Perdomo made them. The orange citrus with the high cinnamon content is extremely nice. And, combine those notes with a very sweet chocolate and the flavor notes are fantastic. The cigar is medium bodied but it seems to be moving up. The finish is sweet chocolate and nutmeg with a nice amount of lingering black pepper. I like this cigar at this point very much. I rated the first third at 95.

At the second third the cigar started changing. It moved to the dark side. There are a lot more coffee notes and the chocolate is more pronounced. The tangy, sweet orange citrus is reduced to a normal level. There are some mollasses notes in the mix also. The cigar is now full bodied. The finish is unchanged. With the turn to the darker side and losing some sweet notes I rated the second third at 93.

The cigar lasted 1 hour 19 minutes. The cigar kept getting a little darker. The front end flavor that I loved, the sweet, tangy orange citrus, was greatly decreased. There are now heavy coffee, chocolate, and nutmeg notes. The cinnamon was also decreased. The cigar is still very full bodied. The finish actually has a little more sweetness but it's still one of chocolate and nutmeg. With the massive change I lowered the final third score to 90. I was disappointed with the way the cigar progressed. It was fantastic in the first third. I suppose it was blended to get darker toward the end but it got a little too dark for me.

Overall Score: 92.67