La Gloria Cubana Serie R Esteli No. 52 Maduro (6×52)

Cigar: La Gloria Cubana Serie R Esteli Maduro No.52 Price: $8.24 Size: 6 x 52 Appearance/Color: Coffee bean colored with a few visible veins and seams. Smoking Time: 1-1/2 hrs Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan On the Nose: Barnyard,hay. Cold Draw/Test: Cocoa,natural tobacco sweetness and slight spice. Draw is loose with a little resistance. First Light Up: Slight spice,cocoa,red pepper on the retrohale. 1/3: Cocoa,natural tobacco and pepper on the retrohale but dialed back on the tongue. The flavor and body are medium and the draw is good as well as the burn with a nice salt & pepper colored ash. 2/3: Natural tobacco is at the forefront. Cocoa is still present and pepper is making its way back as a main note. The flavor and body are medium/full and the draw is good as well as the burn with a nice salt & pepper colored ash. 3/3: Pepper and natural tobacco are the main notes now with earth sitting in the background. The flavor and body are still medium/full and again the draw is good as well as the burn with a nice salt & pepper ash. Notes: I enjoyed this cigar more than the La Gloria Cubana Esteli. This Maduro series seems much smoother and a flavor profile I am attracted to more. I also look forward to trying the La Gloria Cubana Black. Both bands came off with ease with no damage to the wrapper. Also the cigar needed no touch up’s at all.