Curivari Gloria de Leon Dominante Review

Curivari is one our most popular small batch boutique brands at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium.  Our customers love the outstanding taste, impeccable construction with a triple cap, balanced Cuban style flavors of wood and earth with a hint of spice, and, of course, the value at a mid range price point for a premium 100% Nicaraguan puro.  Curivari’s cigars are carefully aged and packed in understated boxes of 10.

 

We reviewed the Curivari Gloria de Leon Dominante for this featured review.  The cigar is firm with slight veins apparent and a beautiful reddish brown cubanesque color.  It is slightly shiny with barely visible seams.  The cigar may have a humble appearance but its true character comes forth in its smokability and its taste.  It is very smooth and even with a balanced medium-bodied, mostly earthy tobacco flavor.  You can almost sense being in the tobacco fields from the pre-light aromas and rich smoke.  Each leaf making up the Gloria de Leon Dominante is Cuban-seed Nicaraguan tobacco that is a blend of Criollo and Corojo.

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First Third:

The pre-light bouquet was very woody and robust.  Upon lighting there was a little bitterness that quickly disappeared.  The cigar begins evenly with a slight resistance, which made the draw very smooth without too much heat.  Cedar and cocoa notes linger on the palate during the first third.

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Second Third:

The cigar builds up to include a cinnamon spice in the background.  The cocoa notes fade away and transition to coffee and black cherry against a foreground of rich earthiness.  Dense, creamy smoke envelop with a tight grey ash.

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Last Third:

The cigar flavor and aroma intensify into pure cedar and earthiness.  The spice notes become hotter, and transition into more of a black pepper.  The spice notes are still in the background however.  The body of the cigar started out medium but ended more toward the full side with a very long finish and rich classic tobacco flavors linger on the tongue.  It still remained smooth and relatively cool.

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Final Thoughts:

To get the fullest complexity of this blend, I would recommend a guillotine cut.  The smoke was quite rich from the first puff.  The slight resistance of the draw forces you to smoke slowly and to savor every puff.  There is no pretensions about this cigar.  It is smooth, well balanced, and construction was top notch.  It is a great everyday cigar for a dedicated cigar smoker.  It would pair well with coffee, mineral water, or a dark rum.

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