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(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
As the name indicates, the cigar pays homage to the Taíno Native American people. The Taíno were based in the Caribbean (most notably on the island of Hispaniola) and were the first known civilization to cultivate and consume tobacco leaves.
For the most part, Serino Cigar Company has worked with Omar Gonzalez Aleman’s La Corona factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. However, the Taino Heritage becomes Serino’s first premium blend out of the Dominican Republic as it is made at Jochy Blanco’s Tabacalera Palma.
The original Taino cigar continues to be made in Nicaragua at La Corona.
The blend itself consists of an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over Dominican binder and filler. The filler includes Criollo ’98 and Piloto Cubano fillers aged five years. The cigars are available in three sizes in 20-count boxes.
Blend and Origin
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano 2000
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican, including Criollo ’98 and Piloto Cubano
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: Tabacalera Palma
Vitolas Offered
The three vitola names pay homage to the Taíno tribe:
Hamaca: 5 1/8 x 50
Yocahú: 6 x 47 (REVIEWED TODAY)
Manicato: 6 1/4 x 54
The cigar has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors at light up were orange citrus with light peach notes, brown sugar, cinnamon, citrus peel, and earthy leather. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. Nice start.
At the first third (26 minutes) the cigar has changed and morphed a little but I like what it's changed into. Now I had peach, brown sugar, very light nutmeg, and a very earthy leather. There is now a lot of black pepper woven throughout the cigar. It's a very scratchy type pepper. It's actually very appealing. The finish is peach with average lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. I rated the first third 93.
Moving through the second third (53 minutes) the leather has increased. It's not as earthy but it's a very worn leather. The other notes of peach and brown sugar are still in play. The finish is light peach and leather with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is now medium to full bodied. The elevated leather seemed to hurt the cigar a little. I rated the second third 91.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 13 minutes. In the final third the leather toned down a bit but the earthiness returned. The peach notes came out a little. The finish is very light peach and leather with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The cigar changed a little but it didn't change enough to change the score. I held 91 for the final third. Not a bad cigar but the leather and earthiness seem to rob the very nice peach notes of a little flavor.
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