The CXX Anni Rarissimus Corona measures in 6 3/8 x 46 with a dark brown, oily but rough Dominican Habano Vuelta Arriba sun-grown wrapper. Featured in the cigar is a Cuban seed Dominican grown binder along with a Cuban seed - Domincan and Nicaraguan grown filler. This cigar honors the 120th anniversary of the Fonseca cigar company that was a limited release in 2011.
Once this cigar is lit up, I picked up some nut and cocoa backed by a mild spice on the finish. Right away you get a good bit of heavy, creamy smoke with a dead even burn and a very smooth, easy draw. About the halfway point is when the flavors take a turn from the notes of nut and cocoa to more of a spicy pepper/coffee flavor, still accompanied by a mild spice on the finish. When you get to the 3/3 point, the cigar loses momentum - you lose the thick smoke and it gets much warmer.
A nice, full-bodied smoke with a great flavor profile and solid construction makes this cigar easy to recommend to any of you cigar smokers out there. If you haven't smoked this Fonseca yet, go and pick it up! (Running just around $8).
Stogie Rite score: 89
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