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It is not that thick ("gorda"), this beautiful cigar in the shimmering Sungrown wrapper. A classic format with typical Corona smoking characteristics, rich and concentrated - up to about 70 minutes smoking time!
Flavours
This great Ashton line is a textbook example of how the same basic blend can be slightly varied for each Vítola, so that despite all the similarities, there is always a distinctive smoking experience! In the relatively thin medium-length format, tingling spicy flavours take centre stage further than in the thicker ones, while the characteristic fermentation sweetness tends to stay in the background. Clear coffee flavour, the unmistakable light cocoa note and fine oak scent play a supporting role here, too, of course. Quite powerful towards the finish!
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Aromen: | Coffee, Gewürze, Kakao, Oak wood |
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Format: | Corona Grande |
Herkunftsland Deckblatt: | Ecuador |
Herkunftsland Einlagetabak: | Dominikanische Republik |
Herkunftsland Umblatt: | Dominikanische Republik |
Länge in cm: | 14,30 |
Ringmaß: | 42 |
Stärke: | kräftig |
Zigarrenmarke: | Ashton |
Zigarrenserie: | Ashton Virgin Sun Grown |
Ashton
The Dominican cigar brand Ashton will soon be celebrating its 40th anniversary, as the renowned brand was founded in 1985 by Robert Levin. The brand name was inspired by the world-famous pipe maker William Ashton Taylor. Levins' ancestors were a tobacco family from Philadelphia, so his career was actually predetermined from childhood, as his father ran the local cigar shop “Holt's Cigar Company” in the middle of the 20th century. He soon harboured the dream of founding his own cigar brand and successfully placing it on the market, which he achieved with the help of his passion for cigars and the fortunate coincidence that the Fuente family helped him with their expertise in creating the first blends for his Ashton cigars. To this day, the brand's Dominican cigar lines are made by the most skilled rollers at the Arturo Fuente factory, while the Nicaraguan lines such as Paradiso and La Aroma del Caribe are made by Don Pepin Garcia at Tabacalera My Father. The company is now run by Roberts' children Sathya and Robert Jr.