Davidoff Colorado Claro anniversario #3

[Don Fernando]

n my walk-in humidor I like to keep every cigar in the box it came in but in reality that’s impossible due to a few reasons including the space that I would need and because I have lots of single sticks that I either bought as a single, traded or got gifted without the box. So those cigars are in a few ‘miscellaneous’ boxes and today I grabbed a cigar from one of those boxes with my eyes closed. Turned out I grabbed the 6×50 Davidoff Colorado Claro Aniversario #3.

To be honest, Davidoff never really was one of my favorites, most of them are too mild and plain boring to my palate and way to expensive when you compare value for money. Yes, I did enjoy the Millennium Blend Lancero a lot but all the regular stuff isn’t my cup of tea but since they woke up and revamped the brand with the Nicaragua, Escurio and Yamasa the brand came back on my radar. I really liked the Nicaragua, the Escurio was good too and I have yet to try the Yamasa. I still think that they overcharge though but maybe i’m just cheap. Now back to this Davidoff Colorado Claro, it didn’t ring a bell so I went to the Davidoff website but no mention of the Colorado Claro at all. Time for a google search and I found a little bit of information. It turns out that the Colorado Claro is a rare sight, a small batch production with a sun grown Ecuadorean Colorado wrapper and Dominican filler and binder. The cigar has a feisty price tag of more than 20 USD and therefor confirms my prejudice on the price point of Davidoff cigars. Lucky for Davidoff I don’t score on value for money.

The reddish brown wrapper looks beautiful and is silky to the touch, the classic Davidoff ring is accompanied by a second ring in the same white with golden lettering but with a burgundy detail. Simple yet classy. The construction feels good, but hey, it is a Davidoff and they do know how to roll a well made cigar otherwise they wouldn’t be so famous right? The cigar has a medium strong barnyard aroma, very pleasant. I decided to punch the cigar, which led to a great cold draw with a little raisin and pepper.

I taste a nice espresso with a little pepper. This is much spicier than I expected from an offspring of the classic Davidoff series. After a centimeter I taste wood with a little metallic flavor on the background and a little hint of pepper. After an inch the pepper gets stronger again, the metallic flavor mellows out. After a third the cigar has a nice mixture of wood, pepper and a little bit of that metallic flavor. Slowly the metallic grows stronger and I also taste a tiny hint of dark chocolate. Halfway all of a sudden the flavor turns to nutty with pepper and far far on the background some dark chocolate. After the two thirds mark the main flavor is pepper and the pepper keeps growing with the nuts as a supporting flavor.

The draw is a bit loose, which caused the smoke to start out thin but it got better quickly, thick and white. The ash is white, dense and thick. The burn is pretty sharp, not razor sharp but close enough. This is a medium full cigar, full flavored. This cigar gave me two hours of enjoyment.
Would I buy this cigar again? I might, for a special occasion but the hefty price tag makes it impossible for me to smoke it on a regular basis.

Score: 91

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