La Antiguedad by My Begetter Cigars – Toro

La Antiguedad is a new line by My Father Cigars that has been launched in 2014.  From its initial advent, its banding evokes memories of some other line by My Father Cigars, the Flor de las Antillas.  La Antiguedad is a completely unlike line; but with the banding and box-press pattern, one tin certainly argue these cigars could be grouped with the Flor de las Antillas line.  That is not necessarily a bad thing because one can brand the case that for the past couple of years, Flor de las Antillas has been ane of the nigh successful cigars from both a commercial and critical acclaim standpoint.  I have recently had an opportunity to smoke the La Antiguedad.  I found this to exist an excellent cigar and one that I have enjoyed more than with each subsequent smoking feel.

The proper noun La Antiguedad means Spanish for "the seniority or the anile".  In terms of the blend itself, it is being positioned equally s stronger, more full version of the Flor de las Antllas. In fact, I've heard this cigar referred to as a "Flor de las Antillas" on steroids.

Without further ado, let'southward pause downwards La Antiguedad and see what this cigar brings to the table:

Alloy Profile

Every bit mentioned this is a completely unlike one from Flor de las Antillas.  While Flor de las Antillas is a Nicaraguan puro, La Antiguedad uses an Habano Rosado Oscuro wrapper from Ecuador. The filler tobacco in the blend is all grown past the Garcia family in Nicaragua.

Wrapper: Habano Republic of ecuador Rosado Oscuro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan

Vitolas Bachelor

The La Antiguedad is available in five sizes.  The cigars are packaged in 20 count boxes.

Robusto: 5 one/4 x 52
Toro: five five/eight ten 55
Corona Grande: six 3/eight ten 47
Super Toro: 7 x 56
Toro Gordo: 6 x 60

Advent

For this cigar experience, I went with the Toro.  I found the La Antiguedad Toro to be a nicely packed box-press with no soft spots.  The Habano Rosado Oscuro wrapper is a rich coffee bean colour.  Upon closer exam some darker marbling tin exist seen on the surface.  The wrapper itself has a light oily coat to it.  The cigar itself was nearly void of veins, and there were a few visible wrapper seams.

As mentioned above, the banding does evoke memories of the Flor de las Antillas band.  The La Antiguedad's band has a oil-painting wait that is reminiscent of the days of the Spanish Empire in the New World.  Above the image is the text "LA ANTIGUEDAD" in a classic red font. Below that text is the text "MY Male parent CIGARS" in a modest thin golden font.  The remainder of the band has lots of gold adornments.  In that location is besides a crimson ribbon over surrounding the footer of the cigar.

Preparation for the Cigar Feel

Prior to lighting upwards the La Antiguedad, I went with my usual choice of a straight cut to remove the cap.  It was and then on to the pre-calorie-free draw phase.  The cold draw provided some excellent notes of mocha, leather, and some blackness pepper spice.  Overall I was quite pleased with the pre-calorie-free draw of this cigar.  At this signal, I removed the footer ribbon, lit up the cigar and awaited what the smoking phase would take in store.

Season Profile

The start to the La Antiguedad delivered notes of java, blackness pepper, and some black cherry.  In the early on stages, the black cherry notes became chief with the coffee notes a close secondary note..  The black pepper floated back and forth between the forefront and groundwork.  The pepper had a tingling sensation on the tongue and could definitely be felt on the retro-unhurt.

Later in the first tertiary, the coffee flavors transitioned to more of a creamy chocolate and join the black cherry notes in the forefront.  The fusion of these flavors was almost interesting.  Meanwhile the pepper notes were now a close secondary note.

In the second third, the flossy chocolate notes were now primary.  The pepper notes were withal secondary while the black cherry notes were now likewise in the background.

The last tertiary saw the creamy chocolate notes transition to more than of a classic Nicaraguan earthy flavor.  The pepper had transitioned back to the forefront while the cherry notes pretty much dissipated. The terminate of the cigar had some spice, but exhibited no signs of harshness.  The resulting nub was house to the touch and cool in temperature.

Burn and Describe

La Antiguedad has the blazon of burn and draw performance that I take come to expect from the My Father Cigar factory – excellent.  The burn down line remained relatively straight from get-go to cease requiring minimal touch-ups.  The resulting ash was a silvery gray color that was non decumbent to whatsoever significant flaking or flowering.  The fire charge per unit and burn down temperature were both ideal.

Burn of La Antiguedad

The draw performed very well on La Antiguedad.  It was not too loose and not too tight.  I found this a low maintenance cigar to derive the flavors this cigar had to offering.

Strength and Body

In terms of La Antiguedad being an "amp'd up Flor de las Antillas", I'm not sure I subscribe to that. This was a very different cigar from the Flor de las Antillas, but I can say La Antiguedad is definitely a more "amp'd up blend" than that cigar. From a forcefulness perspective, I plant La Antiguedad to autumn into the upper end of the medium to full range of the spectrum – falling just a little short of total strength. In terms of the flavors, there was plenty of depth to them – and y'all can feel the weight on your pallet. I assessed La Antiguedad to be a full-bodied smoke.

Last Thoughts

No doubt, if one is a Flor de las Antillas cigar enthusiast, the first reaction is going to be to attempt to compare the 2 cigars.  Still, take away the fact that La Antiguedad has more strength and body, the comparisons actually stop there.  I found La Antiguedad to deliver its own story in terms of flavour profile.  As I mentioned at the start of this assessment, I constitute this to be one of those cigars that grew on me as each time I smoked it, I picked upward something new.  I don't have a read ane way or another what the aging potential will exist, so I will go out fourth dimension to be the final arbiter.  This cigar is going to be appeal to those who like a stronger and fuller cigar contour – and I'd recommend this to a more seasoned cigar enthusiast who fits that mold.  Equally for myself, this is definitely a cigar I would fume again.  Information technology'southward definitely a worth a box split up.

Summary

Burn: Excellent
Draw: Splendid
Complexity: Medium
Strength: Medium to Full
Body: Total
Stop: Fantabulous
Cess: iii.5 – Box Split up
Score: 92

References

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