(Description provided by Forged Cigar Company)
“El Rey Del Mundo is exactly the type of brand that will flourish under The Forged Cigar Company. By introducing this established brand to brick and mortar retailers nationwide and supporting it with customized programming to drive interest among cigar lovers, my team and I will take a brand with great potential to the next level. We look forward to generating a lot noise at retail for El Rey Del Mundo, our first brand to debut under Forged,” said Sean Hardiman, national sales manager of The Forged Cigar Company.
Handcrafted at the HATSA factory in Danli, Honduras, El Rey Del Mundo is a medium-bodied, Cuban-style smoke with rich notes of cocoa, coffee bean and a kick of spice. The Honduran-forward blend is available in a natural version with an Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper and a Connecticut Broadleaf-wrapped maduro, each featuring a Honduran-grown binder and filler.
El Rey Del Mundo will launch with a curated selection of one natural and five maduro offerings, representing El Rey del Mundo’s all-time best-sellers:
Café au Lait (4.5” x 36); SRP per cigar $4.80; available in 24-count boxes.
Café Noir OSC (4.5” x 35); SRP per cigar $4.80; available in 24-count boxes
Robusto OSC (5: x 54); SRP per cigar $5.40; available in 20-count boxes REVIEWED TODAY
Robusto Larga OSC (6” x 54); SRP per cigar $5.80; available in 20-count boxes
Robusto Supremo OSC (7.25 x 54); SRP per cigar $6.80; available in 20-count boxes
Ronco OSC (6” x 60); SRP per cigar $7.00; available in 20-count boxes
The cigar comes wrapped in tissue. Once removed the cigar has no band and very dark. It has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors at light up were a lot of an earthy espresso, a touch of citrus sweetness, earthy nutmeg, leather, and notes of raw almond. There was black pepper rated at 7 to 7 1/2. A very dark start with modest sweetness.
At the first third (28 minutes) the cigar is about like it was initially. There are massive espresso notes, minor citrus sweetness, citrus peel, light leather, and light almond. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is a lot of the almond flavor with modest lingering black pepper. I rated the first third 88.
Moving through the second third (55 minutes) the citrus notes came out a little more. The other notes are still in play. The pepper is still good. I would still call the cigar medium bodied. The finish still has a lot of almond notes and improved lingering black pepper. The middle section improved quite a bit. I rated the second third 90.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 11 minutes. The nice elevated orange citrus notes that were in the middle section were short lived. The cigar is very heavy with espresso. Not much sweetness at all. The leather is gone. The only sweetness now comes from what appears to be cocoa. Espresso is the main flavor. Very dark. The finish has also changed. There are nice cream notes with very light almond notes. The cream is the main flavor. The lingering black pepper is still very good. The cigar is still medium bodied. With the huge turn to the dark side the cigar lost me a bit. I rated the final third 86. Give this line a try. The price is definitely right.
Overall Score: 88
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