The La Flor Dominicana Chapter 1 measures 6.5"x58 with a rough, but oily, Brazilian Ligero Oscuro wrapper. This box-pressed chisel cigar features a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and a Dominican filler. The cigar has a nice woody aroma to it, and a sweet earth on the pre-lit draw. This stick is created by Antonio Gomez (son of Litto Gomez), and was just released earlier this month (August 2013). Let's get it lit up and reviewed.
When you get this cigar lit up, you get black pepper rush with some spice lingering on the medium length finish. Within the 1/3 point, you also get a soil/earthy flavor which blends nicely with the black pepper. The burn is semi-even, the draw is perfect, and it's producing nice, rich smoke. The ash is a little flaky, but still strong, it held for the whole 1/3 of the stick.
The 2/3 point of the cigar brings a little more to the table in terms of flavor. Around this point of the smoke, you start to get a creamy, almond flavor mixing with the earth notes. The black pepper has backed off, and the spice is still minimal. The burn has evened itself out, almost perfectly, the draw is still nice and snug, and the smoke is getting richer as I'm getting closer to the end.
3/3's to the end brings a sweetness to the earth. A basic tobacco is coming in along with some black pepper notes. The finish is a little longer and the spice has gone away. Overall, this full-bodied cigar is a great smoke. Definetely worth the price (around $10).
Stogie Rite score: 98
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