Showing posts with label Gispert cigars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gispert cigars. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

How to Properly Smoke the La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel

Unlike many popular brands, the La Flor Dominicana was a late bloomer. In 1996, it was founded by the husband-wife duo Litto Gomez and Ines Lorenzo-Gomez in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The brand, now popular among cigar connoisseurs, offers a range of delectable flavors. One fine specimen among them is the Double Ligero Chisel.

Here’s why we think the Double Ligero Chisel is so special:

The Double Ligero Chisel is different from other offerings of this brand because it is shaped differently and there’s a special way to smoke this one. The unique chisel shape given to the cigar is not just a decorative stunt. It is there to concentrate and focus the smoke as you take a draw and as a result, the cigar you smoke is strong, flavorful, and heady -- exactly what you suppose a full-bodied cigar to be.

Second, one doesn’t have to cut the chisel. Period. Say goodbye to your precious little cigar cutter if you are going to be a Double Ligero Chisel fan for a while. So what do you do when you don’t cut? Do you light it as it is? No, but all you have to do is take the end of the chisel between your forefinger and thumb, and give a little pinch. That’s all. If you cut it, there’s is going to be a hole in the chisel, which will defeat the entire purpose of that special shape.

When you pinch the cigar, there will be a thin slit opening at the base as the delicate wrapper leaf at the end gives way, which will direct the smoke in a concentrated path when you draw in, giving you the taste of the strongest cigar you will ever smoke in your life.

A suggestion

When do you generally smoke your cigars? Many people come home from work and take their first cigar in the evening. They begin with a mild one, and then gradually move on to a strong flavor as the night progresses, saving their favorite one for the last. Well, there’s no difference whether you take your cigar in the morning or in the evening or at any time of the day. But, your choice of the first stogie of the day will make a difference to how you perceive the taste of the subsequent ones.

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The simple reason being that your palette is the most receptive when you light the first one of the day. It means, you will get the most flavor and enjoyment. As you progress to your next one, the taste from the earlier stogie will still be lingering and no matter how good it is, it won’t have the same impact as it would have had if it was smoked afresh. So, when you want to enjoy a particular stogie, make it the first one of the day, not even the third or second.

The La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel leaves a slightly sweet finish on your lips. The taste is a mix of mocha notes, savory saltiness, and the delectable hint of grass. However, the best thing you would like about this particular cigar is the unhindered smoothness that will caress your senses like a dream. From the humidors of Litto and Ines’s La Flor factories, this well aged, master of a specimen, is a must-have for you if you like to call yourself a taster of all the finest cigars in the world.

Have you tasted any of the La Flor Dominicanas ? Liked them or not, tell us your opinion in the comments section.

Friday, 9 January 2015

A Closer Look at Gispert cigars

Although the name “Gispert” is somewhat French-inspired and you might not be able to get it right at the first time (by the way, its called “Hees-pairt”), we are sure that it won’t stop you from ordering this over and over again once you’ve tried it. And you can definitely order more because it comes at an amazingly low price than its Cuban counterparts. Perhaps this is what high-quality-meets-reasonable-pricing means.



The Gispert comes in two brands: Natural and Maduro. The Natural has a blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers embraced by an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper and a Honduran binder. It is topped with a beautiful triple cap. The wrapper is devoid of veins, so your cigar is like holding silk in your hands. The aroma will remind you of cedar and berries. The taste will give you a smooth and creamy delight with every flawless draw – the kind that soothes and caresses your palate. It will unfold like sweet cinnamon, follow with thick cream, and top it up with a dash of spice.

The Maduro is unique from the Connecticut because of the wrapper and because of the fact that the entire line-up is box pressed. The Maduro comes with a San Andrés maduro wrapper that has slight veins and an even color, and a Honduran- and Nicaraguan-grown long filler blend – the recipe to give you a sweet but full-bodied flavor that the connoisseur loves. The aroma is a mix of sweet cocoa, hay, and a subtle touch of nuttiness that lingers on.


This cigar comes with an interesting history of its own. It was founded in 1940 in Pinar del Rio at the Carlos Balino factory, which came under Habanos SA, a Cuban state-owned tobacco firm. The rich tobacco from Vuelta Arriba was used by Simón Veja Peláez to make the Gispert. After the Cuban revolution in 1959, the sales began to dip and what was originally a fleet of 11 vitolas was reduced to a single one, the Habaneros No.2.

But thankfully, the brand took a new breath in 2003 as Altadis SA, a Franco-Spanish tobacco company, started manufacturing it in an attempt to reprise the classic Cuban brand. At present, the La Flor de Copan Cigar Factory in Honduras is the place where these little pieces of delight are rolled to perfection and sent out for cigar lovers like us. Now it is made in 6 sizes, all with ring gauges larger than usual –  Robusto (5×54), Toro (6×54), Corona (5.5×44), Belicoso (6 1/8×52), Lonsdale (6.5×44), and Churchill (7×54).


Gispert Cigar-a vintage Cuban brand is the one cigar you can choose if you cannot make up your mind among many, and definitely the one you would want to start your day with as it teams up great with coffee. The semi-boite box that the Natural comes in makes for an impressive gift, or you can even keep it as a décor piece.

Want to combine it with a drink? Arrange for some fine Belgian ale or Imperial Russian stout for an evening with friends. After all, good cigars make a good company better, don’t they?