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Ferio Tego, the new cigar venture started by former Nat Sherman International employees Michael Herklots and Brendon Scott, has announced the official launch of the Ferio Tego brand of premium cigars. There will be two limited offerings at first, Ferio Tego Elegancia and Ferio Tego Generoso.
Today we look at the Generoso.
The Ferio Tego Generoso is being produced by the Plasencia factory at their factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The blend features a Honduran shade-grown wrapper, over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers.
Both blends are offered in a 6 x 50 Toro format, packed in custom travel humidors of ten cigars each. The humidors are hand-made by Humidif Group’s Cigar Box Factory in Estelí and come preloaded with the company’s Gelly Humidity Control packs to ensure the cigars are properly maintained after they are acquired.
“Our 2021 Ferio Tego offerings are quite different from one another in style and pedigree, yet both share a commonality of balance and body”, commented Michael Herklots, co-owner of Ferio Tego LLC, in a press release. “A mild cigar need not be thin on the palate nor flavor deficient, and a bolder cigar does not need to be ferocious and aggressive. We worked very hard together with the factories to achieve a full-bodied mouth feel and presence across both blends in order to establish a ‘house style’ so to speak, while still preserving the elegant expression of creamier brighter notes of Elegancia, and the generous presentation of dense savory notes of Generoso. Both blends stand on their own much the way a winery offers a Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon together.”
Pricing for both blends of the Ferio Tego 2021 will be $210 MSRP per humidor of ten cigars.
“We have worked very methodically these last several months, carefully considering every decision, ensuring that we are on solid ground before taking another step”, added Brendon Scott, co-owner of Ferio Tego LLC. “We are excited to finally launch Ferio Tego in the U.S. and bring these wonderful new offerings to market. And we are equally excited for the relaunch of Timeless and Metropolitan in the coming months.”
Distribution for Ferio Tego is being handled exclusively by Davidoff of Geneva USA for the United States and its territories.
The cigar appears to be well made and has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was a little firm but workable. The initial flavors at light up were cedar, citrus peel, brown sugar, cinnamon, light leather, and black coffee. There was a lot of black pepper which I rated at 8. It's a pretty good start. Nothing really stands out but the flavor mix is nice.
At the first third (35 minutes) the cigar is about like it started. I had cedar, quite a bit of citrus peel, brown sugar, cinnamon, a little more leather, and black coffee. The finish is cedar, brown sugar, and nutmeg with good lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. The flavor notes are better than average although not outstanding but I like the mix. I rated the first third 92.
Moving through the second third (1 hour 3 minutes) the leather notes have morphed over to straight earth. Now there was a little cedar, some brown sugar, some cinnamon, citrus peel, and a lot of earthy black coffee. The finish is earthy black coffee with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is still medium bodied. There is an abundance of earthy black coffee. I rated the second third 89.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 27 minutes. The earthiness toned down a little. The dry cedar, brown sugar, and cinnamon had a chance to increase. The finish is light brown sugar, nutmeg, and earthy black coffee with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is now medium to full bodied. The cigar improved to "my line" so I rated the final third 90. For a cigar costing $21 apiece I expected something better. As it turns out it's "ok" with me.
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