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(Description taken from Cigaraficionado.com website)
Florida-based cigarmaker Serino Cigar Co. has formed a new division within the company called Studio Serino, an artistic, experimental branch that seeks to utilize unique tobaccos, alternate packaging and different vitolas from their core line of products. The first release from Studio Serino is a regular-production line called Elenor Rose.
“Studio Serino was established on the core belief that art is the hammer with which we forge our reality. Cigarmaking is a big part of our family’s story,” vice president Carson Serino stated. “The studio is a place where myself, my father Anthony Serino and other collaborators have a space to be creative and passionate in the art of cigarmaking.”
Made at La Corona Cigars S.A. in Nicaragua, Studio Serino Elenor Rose gets its name from both the reddish Ecuador rosado wrapper and aspects of the packaging. Elenor Rose is available in three sizes: Lady 48, measuring 5 3/4 inches by 48 ring gauge ($8.75); Revolver, 5 3/4 by 54 ($8.95); and The Eagle, 5 5/8 by 50 ($9.25).
Both Beatles fans, Anthony and Carson Serino also named the line in homage to the song “Eleanor Rigby,” Anthony’s favorite song from The Beatles’ 1966 album Revolver (which one of the sizes is named after). The Eagle size is named in tribute to Carson’s favorite song on the album, “And Your Bird Can Sing.”
Under the Ecuadoran wrapper is a Nicaraguan Criollo ’98 binder from Jalapa, along with Corojo ’99 and Criollo ’98 fillers from the Estelí and Jalapa regions, respectively. There’s also some Pennsylvanian broadleaf and Peruvian tobacco which La Corona’s owner, Omar González Aléman, bought specifically for this project.
The line ships in decorative, paper-wrapped bundles of 10 cigars and will also come in 10-count boxes early this year.
The cigar is a figurado shape and well made. The cigar has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were a nice citrus/pear combination, brown sugar, toffee, nutmeg, and a black coffee base. The nutmeg is quite noticeable at this point. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. There is a lot of sweetness but the nutmeg is quite abundant. We'll have to see if the nutmeg tones down.
At the first third (34 minutes) the citrus notes are coming out more and the pear notes are subtle. There is still brown sugar and light toffee. The nutmeg is still quite high and it's creamy. The black coffee base remains. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is a little of the citrus, nutmeg, and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is on the edge of being great for me. The elevated nutmeg is holding it back. I rated the first third 92.
As I moved through the second third (1 hour) the citrus notes are very nice, sweet, and tangy. The pear notes are very light. The nutmeg appears to have toned down somewhat but I now thing there are also almond butter notes with them. That would explain the creaminess I got in the first third. The finish is unchanged. The cigar is still medium bodied. The black pepper is very good in this cigar especially on the finish. The cigar improved in the second third. I rated it 93.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 24 minutes. In the final third the black coffee rose dramatically. The nutmeg and almond butter are still quite prominent also. The citrus and sweeter notes really suffered. The cigar is still medium bodied, leaning toward medium to full. The finish is a lot of nutmeg with hints of citrus and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar took a turn. The first two thirds are much better and the middle third is definitely the best. I rated the final third 90.
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Great Cigar a hidden gem.
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