Davidoff 110th Anniversary is this year's highlight of Davidoff's new releases. It is strong and has a strength of 4/5. Here is my test. It is already available in the Davidoff flagship stores in Switzerland. It will be available in their shops worldwide. There are 2,200 boxes of 10 cigars worldwide. Collectors of Davidoff cigars must not miss out. So should everyone else who likes strong cigars. In the conclusion, Sam Reuter from Oettinger Davidoff explains how this cigar was created and why the ash can be flaky.

A cigar test is subjective

Note: How a cigar tastes is influenced by personal taste preferences, taste memories, the form of the day, what you have eaten or drunk beforehand. Even the lighting in the room has an influence on the flavour you experience. The notes described here therefore do not necessarily correspond to your own impressions.

New Davidoff cigars 2021 — Available worldwide: The 110th Anniversary Edition is available exclusively in Davidoff flagship stores. CHF 290 for a box of 10.

Fact Sheet Davidoff 110th Anniversary

Format: Toro (length: 152 mm / ring gauge: 54)
Tobacco:
- Wrapper: Ecuador
- Outer leaf: Mexico - Negro San Andres
- Filler:
  - Dominican Republic - Hybrid 259 Seco
  - Dominican Republic - Hybrid 192 Visus
  - Dominican Republic - Piloto Seco
  - Dominican Republic - San Vicente Ligero
  - Nicaragua - Jalapa Especial Visus
Price: Status July 2021
- CHF 29.00 / box of 10 CHF 290.00
- EUR still unknown
Buy a cigar: Google Search >

Personal impressions of the pleasure

Recommended acclimatisation: 10 days with cellophane in the humidor.

First half

Tongue, palate: Nutty / slightly peppery / dark cocoa / slightly tart
RetronasalPeppery / dark cocoa / wood
R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: slightly nutty / lots of wood / lots of coffee beans
Umami: „roasty“ / juicy
Strength 3/5

Second half

Strength 4/5
Nut and wood dominate on the tongue and retronasal. R+ ZiZo vacuum technology dominates strong coffee beans
The Davidoff 110th Anniversary is constantly evolving during the smoke

Conclusion

The Davidoff 110th Anniversary is a very special cigar. I think you either love it or you don't. The tobacco blend is excellent. The blenders have done an outstanding job here and have realised the marketing specifications at the highest level.

I couldn't rate my first test sample. It blew me away so much that it tasted very bitter to me. This is not a fault of the cigar, but my form was completely unsuitable for cigars that day. I would like to mention that I tasted a sample before the actual test. We talked about this and that in my lounge with the Product Manager of Davidoff Switzerland, Fabian Cigliano. During the conversation and the smoke, I really enjoyed the cigar.

Tip: Nicotine flash: What it is and what you can do about it immediately > KLICK. The cigar is strong and an inexperienced cigar connoisseur should know what a nicotine flash is.

Let's move on to the other two cigars that I tasted under test conditions. I always test the cigars in the morning before breakfast to ensure that the test conditions are as standardised as possible.

The Davidoff 110th Anniversary is a richly flavoured cigar. Nut, wood and coffee beans are the flavours I tasted the most. There is also a mixture of dark cocoa, some pepper and a little acidity. The balance is outstanding - a wonderful Davidoff.

As for the ash: it is flaky and does not last long. The burn is very good over long stretches. After the first ashing, there was a considerable lopsided burn, which I had to correct with the flame. The occasional wavy burn corrected itself on both samples.

During the smoke, the cigar needs attention. It has a tendency to smoulder quickly in the second and third third. I had to lovingly keep it glowing; don't pull on it too much. In the last third, I had to give it one degas.

I like this creation: very strong and rich in flavour. A must for lovers of such cigars. A tip for beginners: just try a cigar like this. Eat something beforehand so that the strength doesn't knock you out. Enjoy it slowly and be relaxed, but still focussed on the smoke; don't let yourself be distracted.

Sam Reuter on the creation of the cigar and why an ash can be flaky

Sam Reuter from Oettinger Davidoff Basel, is Director, Global Brand Ambassador & Head of Product Development & Strategic Innovation. He explains how this cigar was created. I asked him: „In my opinion, the blenders implemented the marketing guidelines very well. In your opinion, how was this realised?“

„I am very much involved in the realisation and write a cigar brief for our master blenders on how I imagine the cigar will fit into the concept. This realisation, or blending, is then carried out by the master blenders by creating different blends. These are then tasted and approved in our internal tasting panel (must always fit the concept). Specifically for the Davidoff 110th Anniversary, which celebrates the 110 years of Davidoff since 1911, it was very important that this cigar inspires a large number of cigar connoisseurs. We also have very exclusive tobaccos in the cigar, which are only available for a small number of cigars.“

Something else interests me and I ask him why an ash can be flaky. He explains it to us:

„The flaky ash is usually a sign that the cigar is still fresh. This means that the humidity of the cigar is slightly too high. This has nothing to do with your storage, but with the water content in the raw tobacco. Another reason may be that the cigar roller has rolled the filler tobaccos a little too loosely, making the ash a little flaky.“