LFD TAA 47th Exclusive Review

TAA 47th
Made by: LFD
Wrapper: Ecuadorian
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Dominican
Vitola: 5 1/2 by 52

The LFD TAA 47th Exclusive cigar was made especially for the 2015 TAA convention and is sturdily built. It has visible seams and several prominent veins. I always love seeing the TAA symbol on cigars, it’s a sign of a lot of care being put into a blend in almost all cases.

Prelight

The foot is giving off a cacao and slightly mineral note. The cigar had a clean cut, but there is a bit of loose tobacco. One thing worth noting is the wrapper leaf seems thicker than usual. That is a hint that this may be a quite flavorful and robust cigar. Mainly a barnyard earthy flavor mixed with cacao on the prelight draw with a slight tingle left on the lips. I might taste a bit of leather in there as well but only time will tell.

1/3

Plenty of smoke, medium to full body, and there is a mineral note to start and then a coffee taking over on the finish. As this third develops it shows characteristics of a can of salted nuts with coffee on the finish. The coffee note has a sweeter almost milk chocolate flavor compared to the description of cacao, which is more dark chocolate reminiscent. Slightly flaky grey ash, and a straight burn line. Not razor sharp, but that can be attributed to the ample vein presence. Low strength, but it is there in the background.

2/3

As the second third begins the ash fell in a solid chunk. The coffee flavor has developed to contain a large cacao note. And there is also a slight heat on the finish, however nothing overwhelming in terms of that spicy heat. Strength seems to be rising slowly at a medium or just below that at the moment. The body I would still put at a medium full. The nuts died down at the beginning of this third but are slowly returning as it burns. The most prominent note remains the cacao, and the nuts are still returning on the finish very slowly as the second third is coming to an end.

3/3

The primary flavor is still coffee/cacao and the salted nuts have returned. There has been no change to the body or strength since the second third. The cacao continued to dominate for the remaining part of the cigar the spice/heat returned on the finish as it reached the nub. The salty nuts were still detectable at this point. The body ended at a medium to full, and the strength held at a medium.

Smoke Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Conclusion: 89

Nothing overly impressive about this cigar, but it performed flawlessly and the flavor profile was delicious. Not a ton of complexity, but as it is, I don’t believe I would change the blend at all. It was a very enjoyable cigar. Another one for the books, the TAA exclusive cigars always impress. Medium to full body with medium strength. The predominate flavors throughout the cigar were the coffee and salted nut notes.
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