Quick Smoke: Ortega Wild Bunch Honest Abe

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.”

Number six in Eddie Ortega’s new line of limited smokes, Honest Abe is a peppery cigar from start finish. But it’s no one-note stick. There’s a full orchestral accompaniment weaving in and around that core, making for a very interesting and enjoyable smoke. Costing about $8.50, the vitola is 6.5 inches long with a ring gauge of 52. The filler and binder tobaccos are Nicaraguan, the wrapper reportedly Habano from Ecuador. Only 500 boxes were produced so it may not be easy to find, but it’s worth searching out.

Verdict = Buy.

–George E

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