La Libertad Corona Tasting

La Libertad - the relaunch of the Villiger brand. A quality product and a great longfiller cigar! I tested 3 examples: 1x before breakfast (!), 1x after lunch and 1x I can't remember ?

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.

Fact Sheet

• Format: Corona (length: 142 mm / ring size: 43)
• Tobacco:
  • Wrapper: Honduras
  • Umbrella leaf: Honduras
  • Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua
• Price: Status May 2022
  • CHF 8.10 / box of 20 CHF 162.00
  • EUR 6.80 / box of 20 EUR 136.00

Personal impressions of the pleasure

Recommended acclimatisation: 4 days with cellophane in the humidor.

First half

• Tongue, palate: Pepper / wood / sour (pleasant) / leather / nut
• Retronasal: a lot of wood
• R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: Coffee beans and leather
• Umami: meaty / juicy
• Strength 3/5

Second half

• I tested three specimens: Both were minimally stronger and had a lot of leather and wood as well as a little more pepper.

Conclusion La Libertad Corona Tasting

I like the format and also the cigar. It has its rough edges; the tobacco blend comes from Honduras and Nicaragua.

I had already puffed one a few weeks ago and it tasted „hard“ and „square“. I tested the other two samples on 23/07/22 (before breakfast) and 30/07/22 (after lunch).

The differences in flavour are interesting: Before breakfast > Lots of pepper and lots of leather / lots of wood and a super amount of nut / somewhat „hard“ in taste. After lunch > Less pepper and less leather / lots of coffee and a good portion of wood / a good portion of nut / very nicely balanced.

HA! And someone should tell me that it doesn't matter when you puff a cigar?

As always: „If I like the cigar, maybe you will too. But if you don't like it, then there's more for me!‘ 🙂

Resources on the topic

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