Review of Saint Luis Rey Herfing Edición Regional Medio Oriente

• Brand Name: Saint Luis Rey Herfing
• Length: 140mm (5½″)
• Ring: 54
• Score: Not mentioned

Product Introduction

This is the 2017 Regional Edition for the Middle East, available since 2019. It's limited to 7500 boxes of 10 cigars. Saint Luis Rey is an 80 - year - old brand with one regular production vitola and is made with tobaccos from Vuelta Abajo and Semi Vuelta regions.

Size and Vitola

The size is 5½x54, a Robusto Extra size called Duke by Habanos. It's only the 8th time this size is produced. Other cigars in this vitola include Partagas Serie E #2, Romeo y Julieta Duke, Bolivar Soberanos, etc.

Details

• Country: Cuba
• Factory: Undisclosed
• Wrapper, Binder, Filler: Cuba
• Price: € 17
• Cutter: Xikar X2
• Lighter: single flame
• Smoke conditions: indoors with ventilator
• Smoke time: three hours ten minutes

Taste and Experience

The wrapper is dry, like fine sandpaper, in Colorado brown color. It has a medium - strong aroma of barnyard and forest. The cold draw has a spicy floral flavor. After lighting, it releases spice, cedar, leather, coffee, and black pepper.

• One third: It starts with leather, wood, coffee, earthiness and a little pepper. The mouthfeel is dry, with nut, hay, pepper, salt, leather, and wood flavors.
• Two thirds: It turns more floral with softwood. Walnut and black pepper flavors gain strength, with nuts and pepper dominant supported by wood and some salt.

The draw is initially too loose, improving along the way, causing a wonky burn. It's hard to keep lit at first. The ash is dark and relatively firm. The cigar is medium - full bodied and flavored, with a smoke time of three hours and ten minutes.