Pre-light Experience

The wrapper on the La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel is light brown, with a velvety texture and some raised, knotty veins. The seams are raised in some areas and the chisel head is well finished. The band is black and silver and carries the companies initials and the line name. The aroma from the wrapper is a mix of earth and cocoa powder, while the foot brings wheat bread and some cedar. The pre-light draw brings a creamy mix of cereal and cedar.

La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel

First Third

The cigar begins with a mellow mix of toasted oak, earth and light creaminess. At a half inch in, a light mustiness joins the profile. The retrohale is toasted oak, earth and lightly zingy black pepper. At an inch and a quarter, a mild black pepper joins the profile. At an inch and a half in, the mustiness increases a bit. As the third comes to a close, the toasted oak is just ahead of the earth, with mustiness in the middle of the profile and some creaminess and black pepper in the background. The strength was mild-medium.

La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel

Second Third

As the second third begins, the black pepper increases a bit. At three quarters of an inch in, the earth becomes even with the toasted oak up front. The retrohale remains toasted oak, earth and lightly zingy black pepper. At an inch and a quarter, the black pepper departs from the profile. At an inch and three quarters, the earth takes a slight lead in the profile. As the third comes to a close, the earth is just ahead of the toasted oak, with mustiness in the middle of the profile and some creaminess in the background. The strength remained at mild-medium.

La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel

Final Third

As the final third begins, a decomposing leaf note joins the profile. At a half inch in, the mustiness increases a bit. The retrohale is now just toasted oak and earth. At an inch in, some black pepper returns to the profile. At an inch and a quarter, the black pepper is now in the middle of the profile. As the cigar wraps up, the earth is a bit ahead of the toasted oak, mustiness a bit further behind, with the decomposing leaves and black pepper in the middle of the profile and some creaminess in the background. The strength bumped up to slightly below medium.

La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel

Burn

The burn was straight through the first third and then became a bit wavy after that. The ash held on in just over two inch increments.

La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel

Draw

The draw was perfect, with just the right amount of resistance that I prefer.

Overall

The cigar begins with a mellow mix of toasted oak, earth and light creaminess. Some mustiness joined in fairly quickly. Later, some black pepper joined in. The second third saw the pepper increase. Later, the earth became even with the oak up front. Then, the black pepper departed and the earth took a slight lead in the profile. The final third saw a decomposing leaf note join in and the mustiness increased a bit. Then, the black pepper returned to the profile and increased a bit later. The La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel had an average flavor profile throughout, focused around the toasted oak and earth.The supporting notes were pleasant, but didn’t really elevate the profile. This was a smooth and easy smoking cigar, but the flavor profile didn’t really do enough to make it stand out. It’s an interesting Cameroon offering, but not something I’d see returning to with any real frequency.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.65

Cost/Point

$2.19

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Personal Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel