Cost- $8
Wrapper- Nicaraguan
Filler- Nicaraguan
The Curivari Reserva Limitada Classic, was recommended to me, by a nice gentleman at Rain City Cigars in the Georgetown district of Seattle, during a recent trip. When I explained my dilemma of chasing after that Cohiba Siglo VI I smoked with something a little easier to get ahold of. I was pointed to three cigars. This was the first I lit into.
The Classic is well made and certainly falls into the boutique cigar company catagory. I didn't do any research on the company. I figured if it was more satisfying than a Four Kicks by Crowned Heads for my palate, then I would dig deeper.
This cigar, was slightly spongy when I was inspecting it, but not to a digree where I was concerned. The cold draw was nice, solid tobacco flavor, with some earthy coffee notes. The draw was a little fast but nothing I would consider to be bad. When I lit the cigar, the earthy coffee taste was there, with hints at times of leather. at about the center of the cigar, I saw why the cigar was recommended, it was developing into the kissing cousin to the Four Kicks and was getting more complex with cedar and spice on my palete.
As the cigar hit the last third, there was a more pronounced leather taste that took over the complex mix I was really happy with in the middle.
It's solid, and I hope to smoke more from Curivari, but I have to say I'm a bit more interested in trying the Reserva Limitada Cafe next time.
Draw- 8/10 draw was on the fast side of good
Burn- 8/10 good burn
Consistency- 7/10 pretty good
Taste- 8/10 from good to love to pretty good again.
Build- 9/10 very well built, ring was tough to remove
Overall- 8/10 Recommended
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