![]() ![]() The finish is toastier with nuttiness, banana nut bread, red pepper and, at times, cinnamon. Furthermore, the spiciness has been replaced by a more distinct mixture of both red and black pepper. Cedar remains, but a toastier sensation is more impactful during the second third. Earthiness gets pretty close to the level of the nuttiness and it’s tough to distinguish which one is the stronger of the two given how intertwined they end up being. One cigar gets noticeably spicier in the second third-or at least the second half of the second third-though for the most part, the three cigars are similar. If I don’t cover it up with my lips, it leaks some air or smoke depending on which part of the smoking process I’m engaged in. The final cigar I smoke, there’s a small crack about three-quarters of an inch from the top of the cigar. Construction is great on one sample, though one cigar needs a touch-up. Flavor is full, body is medium-full and strength is medium-plus. Admittedly, that’s more of a novelty than the full story and the retrohales typically finish with flavors of peanuts in the nose along with earthiness and black pepper. At one point during the second cigar I realize that my mouth tastes like I just finished eating some McDonald’s french fries with ketchup about five minutes ago. Some times the acidity presents itself as lemon, other times it’s more of an accent to a sharp earthiness. Retrohales have even more peanut flavors, though also more acidity. Behind that, there’s meatiness, a touch of a mild spice blend, and some restrained acidity that builds on the tongue. It finishes with an herbal tinge along with lots of earthiness and cedar. Like the cold draw, it’s a very crisp profile. While on each sample I smoke it takes a different amount of time, eventually, the profile settles on peanuts over cedar, generic earthiness and coffee beans. The Plasencia Year of the Tiger begins with cedar, dry earthiness, some lemon on the side of my tongue and then finishes with some coffee flavors. The acidity picks up on the cold draw, joined by some white pepper, gumball flavors, earthiness and some orange. Smelling the foot reveals a sweeter array of flavors: almonds, fig, oak, a rum-like aroma and small amounts of floral scents and acidity. The aroma from the wrapper is medium in profile but not the most complex of sensations, just some barnyard and oak. ![]() The wrapper is a pretty standard brown color with some noticeable veins-including some that are a bit lighter in color-and a medium amount of oil. Two cigars have noticeable soft spots, albeit towards the midway point of the cigar, which is not normally where I find these. While that might sound odd, few cigars actually resemble a perfect circle at the foot and these are pretty close. These cigars are remarkably cylindrical-looking from an appearance perspective. Number of Cigars Released: 6,250 Boxes of 8 Cigars (50,000 Total Cigars).Cigar Reviewed: Plasencia Year of the Tiger.Plasencia Year of the Tiger (6 1/4 x 54) - January 2022 - 6,250 Boxes of 8 Cigars (50,000 Total Cigars).Plasencia Year of the Ox (7 x 58) - February 2021 - 2,500 Boxes of 8 Cigars (20,000 Total Cigars).The cigars showed up at international accounts in January-which is when we bought our box- and shipped to U.S. This year’s release is limited to 6,250 boxes, though only 2,500 boxes are designated for U.S. Plasencia 1865 is the company that sells the Plasencia-branded cigars, though the family makes cigars for a long list of third-party companies. For those unfamiliar, Plasencia 1865 is part of the larger Plasencia tobacco empire, which includes massive growing and cigar rolling operations in both Honduras and Nicaragua. Plasencia, like most of the other companies, also chose to package the cigars in eight-count boxes, a nod to eight being a lucky number in Chinese culture.Īs for the cigar, the Year of the Tiger is a 6 1/4 x 54 Nicaraguan puro that uses tobaccos that have been aged for up to 10 years. Each company chose to use red and gold colors, which symbolize good fortune and wealth in Chinese culture. Plasencia 1865 along with Davidoff, Drew Estate, Maya Selva and VegaFina released cigars to celebrate the occasion and the cigars share some similarities beyond the use of “tiger” in the name. ![]() 1, the Chinese new year began and this year’s symbol is the tiger. retailers. This year, the company decided to change that. Last year, Plasencia 1865 released a Year of the Ox cigar in celebration of the ox being the Chinese zodiac calendar symbol for the new year, but that cigar was not offered to U.S. ![]()
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