Video review HERE.
(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
The name of a new cigar from Don Doroteo translates to The Mayor from Spanish.
El Alcalde is a 6 1/4 x 52 belicoso made up of an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and binder covering a filler blend of tobaccos grown in Brazil and the Cibao region of the Dominican Republic. According to the company, the El Alcaldes were rolled in 2008 at the La Aurora Cigar Factory in the Dominican Republic, meaning the cigars are more than 15-years-old.
The new cigar will have an MSRP of $29.75 each—or $148.75 for a five-count box. In an email, Lugo told halfwheel that there were only 3,000 cigars made, for a total of 600 five-count boxes.
The new limited edition was created to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Doroteo Fermin Delgado, grandfather of Juan Lugo, who is the founder of Don Doroteo Cigars. In a press release, Delgado is described as having “humble beginnings as a young tobacco farmer” before eventually becoming town mayor of El Caimito Afuera in La Vega, Dominican Republic.
“My grandfather and his example will always be a guiding light for me,” said Lugo in a press release. “Coming from poverty and with little education, he was able to become a respected tobacco grower, and a leader within his community. This cigar is in honor of his accomplishments. El Alcalde is a blend that has gone through extensive aging (15 years), and we are confident that it will be well received.”
The cigar is nicely made and quite beautiful. It has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. After lighting the cigar and taking a few puffs the draw got very firm so I used the PerfecDraw to open the draw. The initial flavors at light up were lime, brown sugar, cinnamon, pear, earthiness, and leathery black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2 to 8. Pretty good start.
At the first third (26 minutes) the flavors are just like the cigar started and they are mixing well together. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is lime with leathery black coffee and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is quite good and a little unique in it's flavors of lime and pear. I rated the first third 94.
As I moved through the second third (54 minutes) the leathery black coffee is up. There's more black coffee than leather, actually. The main front end note is lime and it does not have as much brown sugar backing it up. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is leathery black coffee with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar could use more brown sugar to calm down the lime and black coffee notes. I rated the second third 92.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 24 minutes. The black coffee pulled back and the lime had plenty of nice brown sugar. The pear notes were back and added sweetness. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is unchanged. I rated the final third 94. This is a good cigar that gets a little too much lime and black coffee in the middle section but rebounds nicely.
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