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Cohiba has welcomed its first Lancero.
The new size will be added to the brand’s ultra-premium Riviera collection, a six-region blend named after the lush San Andrés Tuxtla Valley where the cigar’s wrapper was cultivated.
Cohiba Brand Ambassador Sean Williams said, “The Lancero is a sophisticated vitola, and it was with great intention that we chose to debut this format under the Riviera line. Cohiba Riviera embodies the brand’s style and substance in a way that is classically modern, and our resurgence of this classic size feels new and contemporary in its box pressed format, especially under the Riviera umbrella.”
The cigars are box-pressed and presented in regal purple boxes that contain 15 cigars.
Cohiba Riviera Lancero (7” x 38); SRP per cigar $14.99
Handcrafted in Nicaragua at STG Estelí, Cohiba Riviera is a bold and balanced blend made with exceptional tobaccos from Nicaragua, with Honduran tobaccos grown exclusively for the collection. The cigar is made with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper that crowns a Honduran-grown Connecticut binder and features filler tobaccos including proprietary Honduran Jamastran and Honduran La Entrada, as well as Nicaraguan Condega and Nicaraguan Estelí.
The medium-to-full bodied offering delivers an elegant smoking experience consisting of dark chocolate and espresso notes with a hint of leather and subtle cream on the finish. In addition to the soon-to-be-released Lancero frontmark, the blend is available in three sizes, including Cohiba Riviera Robusto (5” x 52); SRP per cigar $19.99; 20 cigars per box; Cohiba Riviera Toro (6.5” x 52); SRP per cigar $21.99; 20 cigars per box, and Cohiba Riviera Perfecto (6” x 60); SRP per cigar $23.99; 10 cigars per box.
The cigar is dark brown and has an average feel in the hand for a Lancero.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good with a touch of firmness. The initial flavors at light up were pear, apple, brown sugar, and chocolate. There was black pepper rated at 8. A very nice start.
At the first third (18 minutes) the flavors have boiled down to pear and brown sugar with chocolate. The cigar is very sweet. The black pepper is still at 8. The cigar is medium bodied but leaning toward medium to full bodied. The finish is chocolate with very good lingering black pepper. This is a tasty cigar. I rated the first third 96.
As I moved through the second third (42 minutes) I had black coffee at the base to go along with the chocolate. The pear and brown sugar are still the front end flavors and they are somewhat lighter due to the introduction of black coffee. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is black coffee with some chocolate and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar lost a little with the black coffee coming into the picture. I rated the second third 94.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 3 minutes. The black coffee inched up a little more. The pear and brown sugar are faint and there is still chocolate at the base. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is pear and chocolate with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar started out with a bang but couldn't hold it. I rated the final third 93. This is a good cigar. I rated the Robusto version in October, 2023 and it received a rating of 91.67. This is a better cigar. Smallbatchcigar.com has these in 3 packs for $45 and you can get 10% off with code tinytim.
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