La Flor Dominicana or in English translated to "Dominican Flower", and that it is , to me a tobacco plant is the worlds most beautiful flower that is if it is even considered a flower. A plant that can produce such an amazing aroma , offer so many flavours and a plant that can give millions uppon millions of individuals pleasure. There is never a day that goes by when i dont think about this "flower" .Tobacco/Cigars is something ive shared some of the best and the worst times in my life with. Los Libertadores, some of you might be familliar with this name some not, Los Libertadores was Gomez's La Flor Dominicana from 1994-1996 before the brand got a facelift. Founded in 1996 By Lito Gomez and wife Lorenzo Gomez, These two individuals were willling to do what everyone in the world does , LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY. The Couple wanted to strive on quality and learn how to make there product BETTER each and every day, month, and year. When the company was first saught out , the Gomez's saw a long term growth factor, rather than a big entry BANG , even though the company started during the big cigar booming years. "Everything happens for a reason" , well that is certainly true for the Gomez's, Gomez was a jewler who's store was robed at gunpoint losing over $400,000 in jewlery , this would lead to the future of his birth into the cigar industry. Litto has been making cigars for over 20 years now and even though his brand is not family oriented through ties of generations the quality of the tobacco contained in his cigars are absolutly fantastic. Lito is also very pationate and innovative to say the least, take the CHISEL, what an amazing unique interesting shape , this shape was inspiered by Litto when he was smoking a torpedo and the end became soft and resembled the shape of the chisel. La Flor has a Vast amount of cigars from Mild to FULL body , this is a great aspect of any cigar company you have to be diversified and offer products to suit everyones palate. Interesting enough Gomez was able to replicate what the Fuente Family did many years ago , A DOMINICAN PURO " Lito Gomez Diez" which ranked 93 points by cigar afficionado and was awarded # 3 cigar of 2008 interesting enough the cigar was the CHISEL size. Litto has many cigars rated highly by Cigar afficionado , and i can see why. Ligero is what truly gives a cigar its strength. Its leaves are the last to ripen and are located at the top of the tobacco plant—the part of the plant that has had the most exposure to the sun during growth. They are FULL of flavour, dark and thick, but also contain increased nicotine content, a maturing or aging process with a minimum of three years before it can be used in blending cigars (this is sometimes argued by “just over two years,” but to my knowledge three years was always the proper period.) Typically, Ligero tobacco is always placed in the middle of the cigar as a long filler (which is due to the fact that Ligero burns slowly.) If, however, the Ligero is placed too close to the wrapper, it will totally affect the overall burn. This is the heart and soul of the filler; the powerhouse portion of the cigar.
Just to give you a quick briefing on the types of tobaccos and their strengths: Seco is the mildest type, Viso is medium strength or “stronger” and Ligero is the strongest!
he cigar i am reviewing today is the Double Ligero blend ,
THE CIGAR
La Flor Dominicana CHISEL Double Ligero
RELEASED :2003
SIZE: 54x 6 Chisel
WRAPPER: Ecudorian Sun Grown
BINDER: Dominican Rep.
FILLER: Dominican Rep.
STRENGTH: Full
The look of this cigar will catch any afficionado's eye, it just screams out try me im different , the head of this figurado clipped so clean and remained intact , i was a little scepitical about this factor, but once again the proof was in the pudding, This cigar has a beautiful Ecudorian Sun Grown wrapper has evident veins and a beautiful over all appeal, the pre light aroma is very pepery causing a tingling sensation in your nose , this is due to the amount of ligero Filler being a double ligero cigar. The pre-light draw was surprisingly so easy, not only was i originally scepticcal about the cutting of the cigar but also how this "chisel" would draw, i was again overly impressed, it gave of a semi sweet sugar flavor layered with pepper. The First third of this cigar is very heavy, mounds uppon mounds of pepper/spice, the burn remained perfect as did the draw. The second third of this cigar mellowed itself out which was nice, gave me a breather , the pepper , was still evident but it was more mellow, while some semi sweet flavors came through , The finish was strong, but yet smooth all at the same time, the draw remained good as was the burn.
Summary
If you are looking to try something Totally out of the ordinary , in Shape this cigar is sure to suite your needs, Full bodied flavour with wonderfull construction, resulting in a wonderful burn, and draw, peppery , sweet and smooth all in one great package , from the mastermind Litto Gomez.
I GIVE THIS CIGAR 4 AND A HALF OUT OF 5 MOLARS
JOIN ME AND THE CFO STAFF AT THE LA FLOR DOMINICANA EVENT THIS FRIDAY OCT, 15, 2010, AT THE CIGAR FACTORY OUTLET TROY , FOR SOME AMAZING DEALS ON LA FLOR PRODUCTS , GREAT COMPANY AND CONVERSATION , AND OF COURSE GREAT CIGARS.
Sincerely
" FIDEL"
Eric D. Kukucka (Member of the Montecristo Loung Sterling Heights Michigan)
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