Video review HERE.
(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
The fourth installment in Espinosa Premium Cigars’ Las 6 Provincias series that celebrates the original six provinces of Cuba has shipped to retailers.
Called the Espinosa Las 6 Provincias CMW, the cigar honors Camagüey, using the airport code for Ignacio Agramonte International Airport in Camagüey for the cigar’s name. It is a 6 x 50 toro with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper atop a Nicaraguan binder and filler.
Pricing is set at $18 per cigar and $360 for a box of 20 cigars, with a total production of 1,000 boxes, which are produced by AJ Fernandez’s San Lotano factory in Ocotal, Nicaragua.
Like the previous releases in the line, the boxes feature artwork by Cuban artist Edin Gutierrez, who is based in south Florida and has also worked with Espinosa on the Warzone line. For this release, the box features a pair of wings that extend from the lid and help create a historical scene from the Camagüey province.
Espinosa debuted the Las 6 Provincias line in 2018 with the LHB, which honored La Habana, following it up with the MTZ in 2019, a cigar that was named for Matanzas. After skipping 2020, the company released the Las 6 Provincias LV in honor of Las Villas in 2021. That leaves two remaining provinces, Oriente and Pinar del Río, which are expected to be released in subsequent years. Each cigar has its own blend and has thus far been released in a unique size, from a robusto extra to a toro gordo vitola.
Previously reviewed Las 6 Provincias:
The cigar is very dark and box pressed. It has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was not great so I used my PerfecDraw tool to open the draw. The initial flavors at light up were citrus peel, brown sugar, earthy black coffee, and leather. There was black pepper rated at 7 to 7 1/2. The sweet notes could be more pronounced.
At the first third (23 minutes) the burn is a little off. The flavors are much like they started; citrus peel, brown sugar, nutmeg, black coffee, and leather. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is citrus peel and leather with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar has sweetness but it's sweet citrus peel. So it's not the greatest of flavors. I'm hoping the cigar improves. But it has nice sweetness so I rated the first third 93.
Moving through the second third (55 minutes) the citrus peel is changing over to more of a lemon flavor. It combines with the brown sugar to make a little better flavor but the leathery black coffee is increasing and taking away much of the enjoyment of the sweeter notes. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is citrus peel and leather with very good lingering black pepper. The flavors aren't mixing well. I rated the second third 91.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 18 minutes. The leathery black coffee is a little more pronounced. The cigar is now full bodied. The finish is leather and black coffee with hints of citrus peel with very good lingering black pepper. The sweeter notes are lemon and brown sugar and there is some bitterness now. The mix of flavors in this cigar could be better. I rated the final third 90.
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