(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
Crowned Heads has released its fourth limited edition cigar under its Mil Días line. The Mil Días Marranitos EL 2022 began shipping to retailers in mid-March. Mil Días Marranitos EL 2022 will feature an Ecuadorian Sumatra Maduro wrapper as opposed to the Ecuadorian Habano wrapper found on the rest of the line. The remainder of the blend remains the same as the previous offerings in the Mil Días line.
“I felt that after releasing Marevas, Escogidos, and Magicos as limited releases, that Mil Días had reached an evolution point in the brand where playing with the cover leaf became an interesting proposition,” commented Jon Huber, co-founder of Crowned Heads, in a press release. “We had experimented with several wrapper options; however, when we applied the Sumatra Maduro wrapper to the existing blend, the flavor profile took on a whole other dimension.”
The cigar is a 5 3/4 x 52 parejo presented in 12-count midnight-colored boxes. The total production of the Marranitos EL 2022 is 2,500 boxes (30,000 cigars). Production comes from Tabacalera Pichardo in Estelí, Nicaragua.
Blend and Origin
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Peru
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacalera Pichardo
Vitolas offered
Marranitos: 5 3/4 x 52 (Edicion Limitada 2022)
The cigar is dark and well made. It has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were citrus/cedar, citrus peel, brown sugar, nutmeg, dry cocoa, and light black coffee. At this point I am getting more of the sweeter notes than I am the dry cocoa or black coffee. I expect that to change.
At the first third (22 minutes) the burn is a little off. Now I would call the front flavors a little citrus with apricot, nice brown sugar, light nutmeg, light citrus peel, and somewhat elevated cocoa and black coffee. The elevated cocoa and black coffee helped the cigar and brought it more in balance. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is apricot, brown sugar, and cocoa with good lingering black pepper. The cigar is better now than it was at the light up. I rated the first third 93.
Moving through the second third (50 minutes) the burn evened out. The cigar is now sweeter. There is more citrus/apricot and brown sugar. The nutmeg is light. The citrus peel is very light and almost gone. The dry cocoa is still there. And there's more black coffee. The cigar is now medium to full bodied. The finish is apricot, brown sugar, cocoa, and very good lingering black pepper. The cocoa shows up more on the finish than the front end. The cigar is very sweet at this point and I like sweet. I rated the second third 94.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 12 minutes. The cigar held it's own nicely in the final third. The cocoa notes came out more which was nice. The other notes remained about the same. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The cigar is still nice and sweet with nice darker notes at the base. The finish is unchanged. I held the score of 94. Very good cigar.
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