The Darling Standard: Aged tobacco · Refined construction · Complexity · Clean finish · Smooth, round, and nutty · Never a spice bomb, never an ashtray
Davidoff Signature 2000
Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, Ecuadorian binder, Dominican filler · Davidoff · Dominican Republic
Cream, almond, cedar, white pepper, honey, roasted nut.
Morning / Midday
Plasencia Alma del Campo
Nicaraguan wrapper, binder, filler · Plasencia Cigars · Nicaragua
Espresso, cedar, toasted nuts, cocoa, earth, dried fruit.
Midday
Romeo y Julieta 1875
Indonesian wrapper, Dominican binder, Dominican filler · Tabacalera de Garcia (Altadis) · Dominican Republic
Cedar, leather, cream, earth, nuts, black pepper.
Midday
Plasencia Alma del Fuego
Nicaraguan Jalapa wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, Nicaraguan (Ometepe) filler · Plasencia Cigars · Nicaragua
Espresso, earth, leather, dried fruit, white pepper, cedar.
Evening
H. Upmann 1844 Reserve
Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, Dominican filler · Altadis · Dominican Republic
Earth, nuts, cedar, pepper, coffee bean, honey.
Midday / Evening
Romeo y Julieta Perlado
Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, Dominican binder, Colombian/Nicaraguan/Dominican filler · Altadis · Dominican Republic
Cream, coffee, black pepper, graham cracker, hay, cedar.
Morning
Partagás Cortado Corona
Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, Indonesian binder, Honduran/Mexican/Nicaraguan filler · STG Estelí · Nicaragua
Sweet cream, buttered toast, almond, chocolate, pepper, cedar.
Midday
Davidoff Signature No. 2
Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, Ecuadorian binder, Dominican filler · Davidoff · Dominican Republic
Cream, almond, cedar, white pepper, honey.
Morning