Quick Smoke: La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico
15 Aug 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€
Just introduced at last week’s IPCPR Trade Show, this new extension of the La Aroma de Cuba line is made in Nicaragua by Don Pepin Garcia, like the other La Aromas. The box-pressed Magnifico (6 x 52) features a nearly flawless Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut broadleaf wapper with Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos. After an initial burst of heavy spice, it settles into a medium- to full-bodied profile with dry bittersweet chocolate, cream, and earth. It’s a tasty cigar reminds me of a slightly less complex version of the Padrón Serie 1926 Maduro—hardly a bad reminder. Construction and combustion qualities are excellent in this $8 smoke. Try it with some Zaya Gran Reserva, which will be featured as a pairing at Ashton events this fall.
Verdict = Buy.
photo credit: Stogie Guys
Look awesome. Can’t wait to try. DPGs stuff for Ashton still some of my all-time favs.
Just a heads up, it is not a Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut broadleaf, it's San Andrean Cuban Seed Broadleaf Maduro.
Your quick review is pretty spot-on with this smoker. I do get a bit of a floral sweetness you either didn’t mention or wasn’t there for in your experience. Great tight white ash and volumous smoke with nice burn line. Sweeter than I expected, but in no way sweet like the artificial sweetened cap taste, thus I like it quite a bit.