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(Description taken from Cigaraficionado.com website)
JRE Tobacco Co. is adding a unique twist to its Aladino brand with an offshoot called Aladino Cameroon, a new cigar wrapped in a Honduran-grown Cameroon cover leaf that the Eiroa family planted in the Jamastran Valley.
The new Aladino Cameroon cigars are made with only Honduran tobacco, retaining the signature Corojo binder and fillers of the original Aladino line. The Corojo-seed tobaccos are grown by the Eiroa family as well.
The line will be available in three sizes: Robusto, measuring 5 inches by 50 ring gauge ($8.80); Lonsdale, at 6 by 43 ($7.80); and Super Toro, 6 by 52 ($9.80) (REVIEWED TODAY). Made at the Fabrica de Puros Aladino S.A. factory in Honduras, the smokes come packaged in 24-count boxes.
Industry veteran Julio Eiroa, who founded JRE Tobacco with his son Justo, developed Aladino Cameroon after purchasing some Cameroon seeds from tobacco brokers and planting them in the Jamastran Valley about five years ago. According to the company, the wrappers on the upcoming Aladino Cameroon are a little over two years old.
Cameroon tobacco is traditionally grown in both the Republic of Cameroon and the Central African Republic; it is a variety of tobacco that originated from Sumatra seeds imported from Indonesia to Africa. In the premium cigar sector, it’s usually used as wrapper and tends to be quite expensive.
The cigar is a medium brown and 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 dry cedar, brown sugar, touch of cinnamon, touch of caramel, dry nutmeg, and light black coffee base. To get the best caramel notes hold the smoke a second or two and release it slowly. Since this is not a true Cameroon wrapper the flavors are not as intense as authentic Cameroon but they are very nice. The start is quite sweet.
At the first third (30 minutes) there is a little richness popping up. The caramel notes are coming out a little more. There is a lot of cedar and brown sugar to go along with the caramel notes. There is a nice black pepper rated at 7. The nutmeg has toned down allowing the sweet notes to blossom. The finish has caramel and dry nutmeg with a nice amount of lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied at this point. Nice flavor notes. I rated the first third 94.
As I moved through the second third (56 minutes) the cigar made a small change. The nutmeg notes that have a lot of vegetable qualities now have risen a little. The black coffee is quite subtle. The sweeter notes toned down just a bit and I did not have as much richness. The cigar is moving toward medium to full bodied. The finish is unchanged. The cigar is still nice but it lost just a little. I rated the second third 93.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 20 minutes. In the final third the sweeter notes and richness came back. That hardly ever happens. The nutmeg toned down and the cigar pretty much reverted back to the way it was in the first third. The cigar is now full bodied and a noticeable full bodied. The finish is unchanged. This is a good cigar with a lot of Cameroon-esque qualities while not a true Cameroon. I rated the final third 94.
Overall Score: 93.67
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