Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 2018 Review

• Brand Name: Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 2018
• Length: 6½ inches
• Ring: 56
• Score: 86

Product Introduction

Alec Bradley released a limited edition in 2018, the Fine & Rare RS10. It uses a 6½x56 Parejo Toro Gordo size. The wrapper comes from Honduras, while the binder and filler are undisclosed. The ring provides details such as the roll date (March 26 - April 1, 2017), number of boxes (2500), total weekly production (638), release date (October 24, 2018), and the names of rollers, supervisors, and quality controllers.

Taste Profile

• One third: Starts with nutty, toasty flavors and a bit of coffee. Creamy with fresh acidity like green apple. Leather and pepper gradually appear as the green apple fades. Sweetness is like salted caramel. After a third, sweetness and pepper are stronger with a grassy undertone and minty freshness in the aftertaste. Sweetness changes to powdered sugar.
• Two thirds: Sweetness changes from caramel to powdered sugar, while the other flavors like leather and pepper remain.
• Three thirds: A distinct milk chocolate flavor with hay and pepper. Sweetness turns back to caramel. Near the end, nuts, sweetness, leather, and a hint of coffee are present.

The Colorado - colored wrapper has thin veins and a little oil shine. The cold draw is good with mild raw tobacco flavor. The draw has perfect air - flow resistance, the ash is light - colored, the burn is beautiful, and the smoke is thick and white. It's a medium - bodied, medium - flavored cigar with a four - hour smoke time.

Country: Honduras, Factory: Raices Cubanas, Vitola: Toro Gordo, Price: € 25 (Germany), Cutter: Xikar X2, Lighter: single flame, Smoke conditions: indoors with ventilator