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(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com)
Back on January 4, 2022, Espinosa Cigars announced a collaboration brand with a famed restauranteur Guy Fieri called Knuckle Sandwich. Today more details had surfaced on the release.
Knuckle Sandwich is a lifestyle brand owned by Fieri, and for the past 18 months, he has worked with Erik Espinosa and Hector Alfonso Sr. on the blends. The result is two cigars: Knuckle Sandwich Habano and Knuckle Sandwich Maduro. Espinosa is producing the cigars out of AJ Fernandez’s factory. In addition, Espinosa Cigars will handle distribution.
The Natural and Maduro blends will be available in three sizes: Corona Gorda R, Robusto J, and Toro H – each available in 20-count boxes.
“Guy’s a cigar guy, loves to smoke, and is super excited about this project. Just last week, he took a break from shooting one of his television shows, to join me as I visited several cigar shops throughout South Florida. The reception to both Guy and the cigars were overwhelming. We are very excited with the level of enthusiasm Guy has brought to this project; and we are both looking forward to getting out there and promoting this brand. We truly believe that this will be one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2022,” commented Erik Espinosa in a press release.
Knuckle Sandwich Habano
Wrapper: Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaragua
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: San Lotano
Corona Gorda R: 5 5/8 x 46 ($11.50 SRP/Cigar, $230 SRP) REVIEWED TODAY
Robusto J: 5 x 52 ($12.50 SRP/Cigar, $250 SRP)
Toro H: 6 x 54 $11.50 SRP/Cigar, $230 SRP)
The cigar looks nice and 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 nice cedar/citrus with underlying toffee, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, light leather, and black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 8. Nice start.
At the first third (18 minutes) the cigar lost a little from the light up. I still had the citrus/cedar, underlying toffee, brown sugar, much elevated nutmeg, leather, and black coffee. The nutmeg actually overshadows the leather and black coffee. The finish is a little citrus, light toffee, and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. At the light up I would have rated this cigar a 94. The first third is actually rated at 93.
Moving through the second third (34 minutes) the cigar moved to the earthy side. There is a lot of earthiness in the cigar. Now there was very little citrus and toffee, and quite a bit of nutmeg, leather, and black coffee which are all very earthy. The cigar is still medium bodied, leaning toward medium to full. The finish is also very earthy with leather and minor hints of toffee. I rated the second third 90.
The cigar lasted 51 minutes. The cigar made some improvements. It had more of a citrus note, brown sugar, walnut (out of nowhere), nutmeg, leather, and black coffee. The nutmeg, leather, and black coffee went back to a manageable amount and lost some of the earthiness. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish had a touch of citrus and toffee with very good lingering black pepper. I rated the final third 92. I only purchased the corona gorda size and would be interested to hear from anyone who had the robusto or toro versions to see how they performed.
Overall Score: 91.67
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