Avo Nicaragua Syncro Review

Nicaragua Syncro
Made by: Avo
Country: Nicaragua
Vitola: 5 by 50

I am a big fan of a lot of the Avo cigars, the LE’s are almost always delicious, and the Avo Maduro is a wonderful cigar as well. Today I will be doing a Avo Nicaragua Syncro Review, a newer release from the company.

Prelight

The first thing that pops out is the box press, this thing is a rectangle. I’m not sure how they got such sharp edges on the box press, but it certainly adds an aspect of aesthetics to the cigar. The cap has been quite disfigured by the press, I hope that that does not cause issues on the cut. Barely visible seams, slight tooth, and small to medium sized veins. The foots giving off a milk chocolate and peppermint note, it essentially smells like peppermint bark in my opinion. Cocoa and herbal notes add to a profile that isn’t seen very often, this will be interesting to see if those flavors actually develop in the cigar. The herbal peppermint is detectable on the pre-light draw. As it is a slight amount of white pepper, no issues with the cut. Very little loose tobacco, and good draw.

1/3

Very thick creamy smoke, the front is controlled by a dry Cocoa and light cedar as a base and then there’s a herbal peppermint with a macadamia nut finish. High complexity at the moment.  Medium to full body, and low to medium strength. Amazing draw, great mouth feel because of the thick smoke. OK burn line, a nice thick compact Ash. And a well-rounded profile really describes the cigar at the moment. The herbal peppermint is dying down in the center of the profile, the Cedar and the dry Cocoa are going back-and-forth in strength on the front.

2/3

Quite a large transition at the start of the second third, the front flavors of cocoa and Cedar have died down. In their place the herbal peppermint has come back up along with a floral Jasmine note. There is still a bitter macadamia nut finish, and no changes to the body or strength. Great smoke production and the burn line self-corrected. It is smoking pretty quickly, 30 minutes and I have reached the halfway point. Toward the end of the second third, the macadamia nut and white pepper on the finisher pushing back. Those flavors and the herbal and floral notes dominate the profile at the moment. One thing to note the band was quite hard to remove. It would be better just to slide it off.

3/3

At the start of the last third the herbal peppermint and Jasmine have control of the profile again. There is still a light white pepper on the finish, but the macadamia nut has died down. The body is still at a medium to full, and the strength is at a medium now. No issues with the burn, and construction is been wonderful overall. I haven’t lived a cigar this far in a while, the finish came up and controls the profile now. White pepper, floral Jasmine, oak, and a light bitter macadamia nut. This was a delicious cigar.

Smoke Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Conclusion: 92

Interesting profile, good clear transitions, amazing complexity, it did had some harder to find notes. This is a cigar that will give you a good shake up if you feel like you have gotten into a flavor rut of buying the same thing over and over. So that classifies it as a “once in a while” cigar, not really a frequently visited stick because you want to keep the profile entertaining. And it is, this cigar is one I could smoke over and over and have it get boring after 3 boxes or so. But this is certainly something I want to revisit and be able to appreciate the wonderful flavor notes.

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