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(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
The Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane was first introduced in 2012. Since 2012, it has been released in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. The cigar itself features a 2 wrapper barber-pole and is available in one format, a 6 x 54 box-pressed Toro. The 6 x 54 sizes has been consistent over the years, but has varied in parejo and box-pressed formats.
Blend and production details of this year’s Holiday Blend and were not disclosed.
The 2020 Candy Cane is packaged in 20-count bundles.
The cigar is a nice looking barber pole with a closed foot. It has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good considering I had a closed foot to deal with. The initial flavors took awhile to develop. In fact it was about 7 minutes to nail down. They were hints of citrus, hints of orange peel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, nutmeg, light cream, hints of leather, and low levels of black coffee, I use the term "hints" because nothing is standing out. The notes are there but not at the level where you can say they are a lead-type flavor. There was black pepper rated at 7. The cigar starts out wondering and after a few minutes the flavors start to appear.
At the first third (32 minutes) the flavors have settled down. The ash is still intact and looks very nice. It is straight and tight with a perfect burn line. The flavors are a citrus with some cedar influence, brown sugar, cream, nutmeg, light leather, and an earthy black coffee base. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is cream, nutmeg, brown sugar, and nice lingering black pepper. I no longer have the roasted nuts but they could re-appear down the line. I rated the first third 90.
As I moved through the second third (1 hour 3 minutes) the cigar got very earthy. I had nice sweet notes of cedar/citrus and brown sugar that I initially got but they were quickly engulfed by the massive earthiness from nutmeg, leather, and black coffee. It's a scratchy type of earthiness. They wipe out the sweeter notes. The finish is unchanged. The cigar is still medium bodied but it's leaning toward medium to full. The massive amount of earthiness lowered the second third score to 86.
The cigar lasted a nice 1 hour 37 minutes. In the final third the earthiness subsided. It's still there but in low level amounts. The flavor notes are cedar with some slight citrus influence, brown sugar, nutmeg, whiffs of cream, light leather, and earthy black coffee. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The cigar improved. Not light years improved but better than the second third. The cigar did not get back to the way it was in the first third. I rated the final third 87. This is a much better cigar than the Holiday Blend that I reviewed a couple weeks ago.
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