Quick Smoke: La Flor Dominicana Premium Line Mambises
3 Jul 2010
Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief verdict on a single cigar of “buy,†“hold,†or “sell.â€
Nowadays, La Flor is best known for bold, full-bodied blends like the Double Ligero. But the Premium Line, the company’s first series, is a light cigar featuring Dominican binder and filler tobaccos and a pale Connecticut shade wrapper. Construction on the Mambises (6.9 x 48) is absolutely perfect. Still, I can’t fully recommend this $6-8 cigar because the flavor is more dry and papery than it is creamy or nutty.
Verdict = Hold.
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Patrick Ashby
Co-Founder & Editor in Chief
Patrick Semmens
Co-Founder & Publisher
George Edmonson
Tampa Bureau Chief
These age particularly well. My favorite was the maduros line, they, when aged properly, were excellent! medium to full flavor, light body.