Basic Information: Ramon Allones Heritage
Manufacturer – Ramon Allones
Size – Robusto
Wrapper – Ecuadorian Sumatra Oscuro
Tobacco Blend – Nicaragua
Pricing – $4.80
Body – Medium +
Construction/Appearance:
This Ramon Allones Heritage is a nice espresso brown colored smoke with a marbled like wrapper that is velvety to the touch. There are minimal veins and seams are invisible.
Pre-Light:
Aroma – Chocolate Raisin
Type of Cut – Straight
Cold Draw – Chocolate Raisin
After Toast:
First Third – Cocoa, coffee, spice and salted nuts start this off with a berry like tangy finish. The burn is sharp and ash fell at the 1.25 in mark. The body of the cigar is medium at this point.
Second Third – Cocoa and coffee continue into this third followed by that berry like zing. A light earthy leather note lingers on the palate on the finish. The body gets fuller here. The burn remains sharp.
Final Third – Coffee and spice pick up in this third walking you straight through to the finish. Body moves back to medium.
Suggested Pairing:
Wine – Stags Leap SLV
Scotch – Glenlivet 18
Overall Experience:
The Ramon Allones Heritage is a nice overall smoke. Whenever you mix cocoa, coffee and berry notes then add earth and leather you have a nice complexity and fantastic combination on the palate. Really enjoyed this one as it reminded me of a fine glass of aged American Cabernet.
Ratings:
Cigar Aficionado – 88pts.
