Dalay Affentanz Affezibel Belicoso

1 review for Dalay Affentanz Affezibel Belicoso

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   F******** P*** – August 19, 2019

   Dalay Affentanz Affezibel Belicoso. Dalay Zigarren is a German cigar shop. It’s located in Saarbrucken. It’s a La Casa del Habano but also a cigar shop with non-Cuban cigars. And they have their own distribution plus lines of cigars. In 2017, two limited edition cigars in the Dalay range showed up. The Dalay Affentanz Affezibel and the Dalay Affentanz Hell. Made in the Dominican Republic, blended by Michael Grossklos Jr. we reviewed the Dalay Affentanz Hell before. That’s the shade version of the Affentanz. This is the review of the broadleaf Affentanz.

   The cigars are made at Tabacalera Zauberberg. The later Dalay limited edition release was also made at that factory. The blend leans on Dominican tobacco for filler and binder. With some Brazilian in the filler as well. The wrapper is American grown Connecticut Broadleaf. And it’s oily, as the cellophane already started to color. Even though the cigars are less than two years old.

   Name: Dalay Affentanz Affezibel
   Country: Dominican Republic
   Factory: Tabacalera Zauberberg
   Size: 5½x52
   Vitola: Belicoso
   Wrapper: USA Connecticut Broadleaf
   Binder: Dominican Republic
   Filler: Dominican Republic, Brazil
   Price: € 9,50 (Germany)
   Cutter: Xikar X2
   Lighter: single flame
   Smoke conditions: indoors with ventilator
   Smoke time: two hours fifteen minutes

   The review

   The cigar looks great. A rustic looking wrapper yet velvet to the touch. There are a few veins, but it fits the darkness of the leaf. Affentanz means monkey dance in German, and the white ring has an image of banana peels. And a monkey face on the back. The secondary ring says limited edition in German, 2017 and Sauberberg. The cigar feels well constructed. And the aroma is strong, very strong. Dirt, manure, and mud are what comes to mind.
   

   The cold draw is great. The cigar gives a raw tobacco flavor with pepper and sweetness. Once lit, it’s all about spicy coffee. A few puffs later, the leather shows up too. The mouthfeel is quite dry at this stage. There’s also a nice sugar sweetness. The flavors then bounce from grass to leather, spice, sweet, and pepper. All balanced, all smooth but with a pleasant bite. It has character. After a third, it’s dry wood with chocolate. Still with a dry mouthfeel. The flavors remain in the same spectrum, but with a lot of dynamics. Sometimes leather is leading, other times it is a tobacco flavor. Then wood. All with a nice balance. There’s a mild pepper on the background. And the flavors are all nicely toasted. Including the strong chocolate flavor that shows up every now and then. The mouthfeel changes to creamy. In the final third, the pepper picks up a lot.


   The draw is great. The burn is razor sharp. The ash is white and has the shape of a stack of dimes. The smoke is good, a nice thick, voluminous white smoke. The cigar is medium bodied, medium-full flavored. The flavors are balanced, rounded and smooth. The smoke time is two hours and fifteen minutes.



   Strength: medium
   Flavor: medium-full

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