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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
In 2015, La Flor Dominicana released La Nox, a cigar blended by Litto Gomez’s son, Tony, that was a tribute to the night. Now, Litto’s younger son, Litto Jr., is celebrating the sun with a new cigar called Solis, a cigar that the 22-year-old developed with his father and older brother.
Like La Nox, Solis is a 6 1/2 x 50 toro extra, but the blend is quite different. The wrapper is an Ecuadorian habano leaf, the binder an Ecuadorian Sumatra leaf, while the filler is Dominican and comes La Flor Dominicana’s La Canela farm. The company calls the profile “power and charismatic with bright flavors nuanced through a range of spices that make it unique yet undeniably LFD.”
“I was inspired by my big brother’s project La Nox and I wanted to create something that contrasted it,” said Litto Gomez Jr. in a press release. “We have pretty different personalities and I thought that the sun and moon were a perfect metaphor to describe us.”
The younger Gomez worked with his father on the blend of the project, while his older brother helped with the project’s artwork.
Pricing is set at $13.20 per cigar, and it will be offered in 20-count boxes priced at $252. Both La Nox and Solis use a circular box design, though with very different color schemes and designs.
Like La Nox, Solis will be a limited production release. That means that while it is not limited to a certain number of cigars, it will not be regular produced due to limitations on the raw materials.
The cigar looks very nice and has a average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good but it had a touch of firmness. The initial flavors at light up were citrus, citrus peel, brown sugar, a touch of earthiness, and light leather. Not your usual Dominican cigar notes but very nice. The cigar does not come across as your typical LFD cigar. It's in the medium category at light up. There was nice black pepper rated at 7 1/2 to 8. Nice start.
At the first third (29 minutes) the notes were just like they started but now there is also nutmeg. The finish has some influence of citrus and very light leather with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. The cigar has very nice notes. I rated the first third 94.
As I moved through the second third (1 hour) the only thing different is the nutmeg has increased. As it increased the other notes decreased. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is unchanged. The increased nutmeg hurt the cigar 1 point. I rated the second third 93.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 23 minutes. A nice burn time. The nutmeg pulled back. The notes now are citrus, brown sugar, light earthiness, nutmeg, and light leather. There wasn't any citrus peel anymore. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is basically unchanged and the lingering black pepper remains very good. I made one touch up very late in the game. Litto Gomez, Jr. did a very good job with this cigar. I rated the final third 94. These are a must-try.
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