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(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
Cigar Dojo and Espinosa Premium Cigars have come together for a fifth collaboration, the Psychedelic Turtle II.
Psychedelic Turtle II follows up the previous collaboration, 2019’s Psychedelic Turtle, but features an all-new blend out of AJ Fernandez’s San Lotano factory in Ocotal, Nicaragua. This includes a Mexican San Andres wrapper, Jalapa binder, and fillers from the Condega, Jalapa, and Ometepe regions of Nicaragua. Psychedelic Turtle II is a 5 x 56 “turtle (box) pressed” Robusto Grande. The cigars will be sold in ten-count bundles at JR Cigar priced at $89.99 per bundle. A total of 500 bundles has been produced.
The cigars will feature different colored bundle wraps as well as different color ribbons on the footer. Ten bundles include a “Golden Ticket” prize which includes a free pass (excluding airfare and lodging) to Espinosa’s La Zona Palooza event in November. In 2019, the original Psychedelic Turtle contained three golden tickets. According to Espinosa Cigars, none of those original three golden tickets were claimed.
The cigar is a nice box press and very dark. 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 lot of unsweetened dark chocolate, citrus peel, nutmeg, a touch of orange citrus, and a large amount of a full bodied dark roasted black coffee. There was nice black pepper rated at 7 1/2 to 8. A very dark start.
At the first third (29 minutes) not much had changed. I still had the same flavor notes The cigar is still very dark but it has a nice amount of sweetness from the citrus. The black pepper is still very good. The finish is nutmeg and citrus with a very nice amount of lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium to full bodied. This cigar is quite different from the original. At this point I really like it. I rated the first third 93.
As I moved through the second third (50 minutes) things changed drastically. The cigar has gone very dark. Now I had citrus peel, unsweetened dark chocolate, and black coffee. The black pepper is still very good. Even the finish is very dark; dark chocolate and lingering black pepper. The cigar is still medium to full bodied. I rated the second third 88.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 3 minutes. It made a little bounce back. The citrus is back in a small amount, citrus peel, dark chocolate, nutmeg, and black coffee. The citrus gave the cigar a little sweetness and improved it. The cigar is still medium to full bodied. The finish also has a touch of citrus to go along with the dark chocolate. The lingering black pepper is still very good. I rated the final third 90.
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