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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
The company describes Olmec as a tribute to Mexico and its ancient Mesoamerican people, which inhabited the San Andrés Valley in Veracruz, where cigar tobacco is grown. As such, the Olmec blend uses two different Mexican San Andrés wrappers, as one blend uses a lighter claro wrapper and the other a darker and stronger maduro wrapper. Both versions use Nicaraguan binders and fillers, are being produced by AJ Fernandez in Nicaragua, and are offered in the same five sizes:
Olmec Claro/Maduro Corona Gorda (5 1/2 x 48) — $12.50 (Box of 12, $150)
Olmec Claro/Maduro Robusto (5 x 50) — $13.50 (Box of 12, $162) REVCIEWED TODAY
Olmec Claro/Maduro Toro (6 x 52) — $14.50 (Box of 12, $174)
Olmec Claro/Maduro Grande (6 x 60) — $15.50 (Box of 12, $186)
Olmec Claro/Maduro Double Corona (7 x 52) — $16 (Box of 12, $192)
The cigar is much darker than the Claro version. It has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were orange citrus, light citrus peel, quite a bit of brown sugar, cinnamon, some buttery richness, and sweet dark chocolate. There was black pepper rated at 8. A nice, sweet, dark start.
At the first third (20 minutes) the front flavors have morphed into a citrus/peach and they're still very sweet. There's also brown sugar, some of that richness, and sweet dark chocolate. The black pepper remains very good. The finish is peach and chocolate with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is very good in the first third. I rated it 95.
Moving through the second third (42 minutes) the flavors have slimmed down into peach, brown sugar, dark chocolate, and black coffee. The overall sweetness has been somewhat reduced. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is light peach and dark chocolate with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar lost a little but remains very good. I rated the second third 93.
The cigar lasted 1 hour. The cigar stayed on course. Nothing much changed. I had light peach, brown sugar, dark chocolate, and black coffee. The cigar is now full bodied. The finish is unchanged. I held the score of 93. This is an impressive cigar.
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