Drew Estate Orchant Seleccion Heavyweight Cigar - 1 Single

The moment I slipped this out of the cellophane, I was hit with a rich, smooth chocolate aroma that immediately made it feel far more indulgent than its price suggested. It lit easily and, with my usual V cut, the draw was excellent with just the right amount of resistance. The first third gave me chocolate, oats and cereal notes, all very smooth and easy going. One thing worth mentioning is that this cigar produces a lot of smoke. Even while resting in the ashtray it continued happily smoking away, so it is certainly not shy in that department. Construction was excellent. The burn remained exceptionally even and the long filler produced a very impressive ash that held on far longer than I expected. The flavour profile did not change dramatically between the first and second thirds. Some people will appreciate that consistency while others may prefer something that develops more noticeably as it burns. Personally, I found the profile enjoyable enough that the lack of major changes did not bother me. At around £17 it is not the cheapest cigar on the shelf, but the quality, construction and overall smoking experience make it very good value. This is exactly the sort of cigar I could see becoming a regular fixture in the humidor and one I would happily smoke again.

Beautiful looking cigar, dark chocolate brown, slightly toothy wrapper, nice even fill, nice band, really compliments the dark wrapper. Cut with a single V, draw was easy and consistent throughout, smoke output was massive and incredibly dense, surprisingly cool throughout considering the easy draw. Lots of chocolate upfront with a subtle sweet edge, shifts to a dryer, bittersweet dark chocolate alongside cacao powder and roasted nut, ends with dry leather and dark roasted coffee beans with just a touch of pepper. Solid medium body, slight throat hit but I'd say low strength. Ash was pretty flaky but it held for a half inch or so, burn line was a touch wobbly but didn't cause any issues and didn't require touch ups or relights,, definitely worth buying, probably worth buying in bulk if you can as an everyday smoke.

I received this as my mystery cigar and really enjoyed this, maybe my favourite so far. I'm fairly new to cigar smoking, and this was the first one I got dark chocolate from, which is a flavour i've been wanting. A good dark taste overall throughout, tonnes of smoke output and lasted forever, two hours. It just didn't seem to be going anywhere, but I enjoyed it throughout. It did burn a bit unevenly at times, and just started to unravel at the head right at the end, but it was only a few puffs from being done by that point anyway. I'll definitely be buying this one again.

To be honest I've tried most of orchant seleccion cigars and this one stands out. I got the middleweight as a mystery cigar and I was very pleased with it. But Drew Estate Orchant Seleccion Heavyweight Cigar is same gauge as middleweight only longer . Which makes it a perfect budget cigar for me. Not to strong quite sweet with nutty and chocolate flavours. I really recommend it.

On appearance a dark cigar which I thought may be too strong for my palette, with that in mind I was prepared for the full strength, however I was very pleasantly surprised to the mild sweet taste on my first draw which carried though to the end. It has and easy draw and I only had to relight the cigar once during what was nearly a 55 minute smoke. Overall this cigar has an enjoyable smoke with a pleasant taste and no real bitterness or aftertaste, A little pricey for my budget as an everyday smoke but would definitely put this on my favourites list for.