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La Flor Dominicana Habano
Thanks to everyone on Twitter, Facebook, and the visitors to this website for taking the time to give me feedback on the new design. Over 90% of the people enjoy the redesign so it will stay. Today’s cigar comes courtesy of Fume Cigars in Montclair, NJ. Outside of the Litto Gomez I will admit I am not a huge fan of the La Flor Dominicana. Every cigar I’ve smoked from them has left me disappointed. While I know many are fans, the cigar just hasn’t done it for me. Lets see if the Habano wrapper changes that up for me…
Cigar: La Flor Dominicana
Size: 5 5/8 x 54 (Perfecto)
Wrapper: Habano
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Strength: Full
Appearance and Construction (19/20): An outstanding looking perfecto that is full of oils. The wrapper of the stick has virtually no veins and the roll is seamless with an exquisite looking cap. The cigar has no soft spots, and is well packed. The cigar features the LFD band which has colors of red, gold and black. The one negative is there is no notation of the cigar being an habano wrapper.
Flavor & Notes (28/30): The cigar has some amazing prelight notes of a spicy molasses. The same notes are on the foot, while the wrapper offers some nice spice. So far so good. Once lit, the cigar offers notes of spices right off the bat. The first third continues with notes of pepper and fig with a touch of raisins. As we enter the second third of the very rich cigar the notes of molasses really begin to shine with a touch of leather in the background. The final third of the smoke has notes of spices and leather on the finish which was a little disappointing compared to the rest of the smoke.
Burn/Ash/Draw (25/25): The best burning cigar I ever had from La Flor Dominicana. The cigar burns even throughout. The amazing white ash is strong with zero flake. It holds for inches at a time, and never fell on its own. The draw was incredible with a slight resistance.
Overall (24/25): This cigar reminds me of an Opus X. The cigar was simply incredible with well defined notes that were easy to identify. One of my favorite cigars to date. I was simply floored by how much the Habano wrapper changed the complexity of this cigar. I highly recommend this stick which I plan to age for a while before smoking in hopes the molasses notes will become even more amplified.
Rating: 96
Price: $148.00 a Box
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I’ve found that I don’t care for many of what seem to be the most popular LFDs on the forums and blogs, like the chisel, ligero, and double ligero. They just end up being too charry tasting to me, without the subtlety and complexity I like, at least to my taste buds. That said, I really like some of the less often mentioned LFDs like the Cameroon Cabinet, the 2000 series, Coronado, and even the Reserva Especial tubos. There are also some LFDs that are the LG Diez blend with a Habano wrapper floating around the web that are very good.
Agree with this rating 100%. Loved this one when it was the unbanded ‘mystery’ cigar in the Los Perfectos Sampler….even better now. Great ciga.r
Agree with this rating 100%. Loved this one when it was the unbanded ‘mystery’ cigar in the Los Perfectos Sampler….even better now. Great ciga.r
I”m new to your blog, I just found it today and I’ll be a regular reader from now on. As a long time LFD fan I also agree 100% with your review. This smoke is much different than the LFD Salomone however it deserves the 96 raing if not higher. I would probably bump it up a point or 2 just because of the value. I’m sure I’ll burn my fingertips several times when I’m enjoying the LFD Habano. Great job on the review!
Loomis, thanks for the compliment and glad to have you on board!
Barry,
Just happened upon your site and found your review of the LFD Habano. I agree whole-heartedly with the review. One point, though, I’ve been aging some since they first came out and they do improve as time goes on, if that’s possible. I’ve tried many of the LFD’s and this is now one of my favorites.
Thanks for all the great info.
John
Barry
I think you need to be smoking LFD more oftrn and find him and Pepin are to of the best blenders out there. Very shocked you have had burn issues with LFD they all burn perfect for me. Although this cigar is an excellent smoke he does have alot others that are better.
The Mysterio Natural, LFD A, All his Chisels, and his Salomon are some of his better ones that he has made. The Chisel is smoked with a punch from the side all the way through really change the profile of the cigar and should be smoked that way only.
Tommy