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(Description taken from cigaraficionado.com website)
The La Aroma de Cuba series of cigars from Ashton Distributors Inc. continues to grow. The brand is now up to its seventh iteration, with the La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse set to ship sometime in May or June. Though this version of the line will make its inaugural appearance on the market in coming months, it's not entirely new. Noblesse was first released in 2014, starting with one size and eventually expanding into a three-size line after a series of annual releases. However, the cigars have been commercially unavailable for several years now. For its comeback, this newest iteration gets revamped packaging and a new blend as part of a four-size regular production release.
The original Noblesse was made with an Ecuadoran Habano wrapper with Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos. The new version offers a darker profile with a Mexican San Andrés oscuro wrapper paired with a selection of binder and filler tobaccos from the Estelí, Jalapa, and Namanji regions of Nicaragua. For the packaging redesign, Ashton decided to go all in on lavender with a more vibrant look than its predecessor, which was mostly white with just a touch of this light shade of purple.
As with the rest of the La Aroma de Cuba brand, Noblesse is made by the Garcia family at their My Father Cigars factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. According to Ashton, the tobacco in Noblesse “undergoes an intensive triple fermentation” before the smokes are rolled in the entubado style and finished with a Cuban-style, triple cap. The cigars are intended to be full bodied.
Noblesse will come in four sizes: Regency, measuring 5 1/2 inches by 50 ring gauge ($19); Coronation, 6 by 52 ($19.50); Viceroy, 6 1/4 by 52 ($19.75); and Monarchy, 6 1/2 by 56 ($20). While this will be a regular production line, Ashton says production and distribution will be limited coming out of the gate. Each size will be available in boxes of 24.
The cigar is boxed press and has an impressive band artwork. It has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were lemon with nice brown sugar, nutmeg, and light leather. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. Pretty good start.
At the first third (26 minutes) the cigar has a "light" feel to it. Maybe you could say elegant. I still had the lemon and brown sugar and they are very nice. The nutmeg tamps down the sweetness a little. And you also have light leather. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is leather with good lingering black pepper. The cigar is nice at this point. I rated the first third 93.
Moving through the second third (59 minutes) there's a lot more leather. But, it doesn't hurt the cigar much because the leather was so light before. There were still nice lemon and brown sugar notes to go along with the increased leather. The cigar is now medium to full bodied. The finish is unchanged. The increased leather was needed but it was a tad too much. I rated the second third 92.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 26 minutes. The increased leather in the second third pulled back allowing the nice lemon and brown sugar notes to shine once again. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is unchanged. I rated the final third 93. It's back to about like it was in the first third but I'd say the leather is a little more than the first third. This is an elegant type cigar. Rather light in overall feel. But, a nice cigar and much better than the same cigar I reviewed in 2015.
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