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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
Last year, Jeff Mouttet of Riverside Cigar Shop of Jeffersonville, Ind. launched Fosforo, a new line of cigars made at Garmendia Cigars Co. Now, there’s a second Fosforo blend on the horizon.
The Fosforo Connecticut will debut in a single 5 3/4 x 46 corona gorda vitola later this month. It uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua. This particular cigar serves two purposes; it is the first release in the company’s new Fosforo Limitada line, which will contain limited edition releases, and the first size of the Fosforo Connecticut line, which the company plans on making a regular production line later this year.
For this release, just 2,400 cigars have been produced. Each cigar has an MSRP of $9.95 per cigar.
“The Fosforo started as another store blends for Riverside,” said Mouttet in a press release. “My original intent was to introduce my clientele to new and upcoming factories in Esteli, where I spend much of my time. With help from Colin Ganley, we found Garmendia Cigars, run by Jose Palacios, and created the first Fosforo blend. Soon afterward, I attended a retailer event at RoMa Craft Tobac and passed out our Fosforos, and surprise, over half the retailers came back to me asking to carry Fosforo!”
Popsiech, Inc. distributes Fosforo.
The cigar is light brown and has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were citrus, brown sugar, light cinnamon, and earthiness. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. Pretty good start.
At the first third (27 minutes) the flavors changed a little; citrus, underlying apricot, brown sugar, light nougat, and earthiness. The finish is citrus and apricot with good lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. The flavors are very nice and they taste rather light overall. I rated the first third 94.
As I moved through the second third (50 minutes) the basic notes were about the same. The citrus and apricot are very nice with the brown sugar and nougat. The cigar still has the earthiness and it now also has black coffee. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is unchanged. The cigar remains very good. I held the score of 94.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 10 minutes. The earthiness and black coffee increased while the sweeter notes somewhat decreased. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is unchanged except the lingering black pepper is very good. The black pepper on the front end is up to 8. The cigar lost a little so I lowered the score to 92. This is a very good Connecticut. Both of the Fosforo Cigars that I've reviewed have done very well. You should give these a try. Available at Smallbatchcigar.com and use code Tinytim for 10% off.
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