Origin : Dominican Republic Format : Toro Size : 6.0? x 54 Wrapper : Cuban Seed Ecuadorian Sun Grown Filler : Three types of Dominican Ligero and a Peruvian Seco leaf Binder : Dominican Hand-Made Price : $15+ each
The Compañero is Mr. U’s 83rd Birthday Cigar. Most everyone who is into cigars knows that every year Avo releases a Limited Edition cigar to celebrate Mr. Avo Uvezian’s birthday. Last year in April of 2009 I had the honor of attending one of his many birthday parties. Even at 83 Mr.U is still touring the country celebrating his birthday with his fans. At this celebration I picked up a box of the LE09?s [l-ee-oh-nines] as they are also known as.
Mr U was gracious enough to sign the box for me. The party was a lot of fun and many great cigars were smoked, the greatest of which was the Compañero. I decided that night that the LE09 would become my son’s birthday cigar… that is, it would be the cigar I smoked to celebrate my son’s birthday in April each year until my box was gone (there are 10 cigars in a box). As it turned out, I was sick this year for my son’s birthday so I decided to hold off and smoke the cigar to celebrate both his and my birthday, which happens to be today. So Happy Birthday to me.
It is a handsome cigar with a dark wrapper and a good draw. It starts off with a blast of pepper followed up by earth, leather, and spice. Easily the most robust Avo I have ever smoked, it does mellow a little as you near the second third of the cigar and develops notes of coffee and cream and a bit of wood/cedar. There is also a subtle sweetness now that may have been hidden by that initial onslaught of rich and peppery flavors. In the last third it really picks up again with lots of leather and earth and it finally starts to exhibit that tell-tale Kelner mustiness that is often associated with Avo cigars. It has a bit of pepper on the finish at this point as well.
The Compañero is a great smoke and easily my favorite Avo of them all. I look forward to next April when I smoke my next one.
Matt
Origin : Dominican Republic
Format : Toro
Size : 6.0? x 54
Wrapper : Cuban Seed Ecuadorian Sun Grown
Filler : Three types of Dominican Ligero and a Peruvian Seco leaf
Binder : Dominican
Hand-Made
Price : $15+ each
The Compañero is Mr. U’s 83rd Birthday Cigar. Most everyone who is into cigars knows that every year Avo releases a Limited Edition cigar to celebrate Mr. Avo Uvezian’s birthday. Last year in April of 2009 I had the honor of attending one of his many birthday parties. Even at 83 Mr.U is still touring the country celebrating his birthday with his fans. At this celebration I picked up a box of the LE09?s [l-ee-oh-nines] as they are also known as.
Mr U was gracious enough to sign the box for me. The party was a lot of fun and many great cigars were smoked, the greatest of which was the Compañero. I decided that night that the LE09 would become my son’s birthday cigar… that is, it would be the cigar I smoked to celebrate my son’s birthday in April each year until my box was gone (there are 10 cigars in a box). As it turned out, I was sick this year for my son’s birthday so I decided to hold off and smoke the cigar to celebrate both his and my birthday, which happens to be today. So Happy Birthday to me.
It is a handsome cigar with a dark wrapper and a good draw. It starts off with a blast of pepper followed up by earth, leather, and spice. Easily the most robust Avo I have ever smoked, it does mellow a little as you near the second third of the cigar and develops notes of coffee and cream and a bit of wood/cedar. There is also a subtle sweetness now that may have been hidden by that initial onslaught of rich and peppery flavors. In the last third it really picks up again with lots of leather and earth and it finally starts to exhibit that tell-tale Kelner mustiness that is often associated with Avo cigars. It has a bit of pepper on the finish at this point as well.
The Compañero is a great smoke and easily my favorite Avo of them all. I look forward to next April when I smoke my next one.