The AVO XO Preludio stands out as a sleek 6x40 lancero with Dominican heart and Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper. Priced at $219.60 per box of 20, this medium-strength stick offers complexity without intimidation. Cedar-brown and neatly pressed, it's your 60-minute ticket to salt-kissed cashews and sweet molasses – pretty impressive for a six-year-aged tobacco recipe.
First Third: Immediate cedar spice meets salted cashew nuttiness. Draws release sweet molasses undertones – like drinking coffee near a lumberyard. Ash holds firm for 1.5".
Mid Section: Charred oak flavors emerge, softened by caramelized sugar whispers. Retrohale brings white pepper zing. Perfect burn line through this phase.
Final Stretch: Earthy leather notes surface at 45-minute mark. Strength inches toward medium-full. Slight tar buildup by nub warns to stop before last half-inch.
Morning smokers adore its smooth start. Flavor chasers wish for more mid-session oomph. Construction rarely disappoints – unless you're comparing draw resistance to Padrón's velvet pulls.
