Pre-light Experience

The wrapper on the La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel is a medium reddish-brown with some darker marbling and a couple of decently raised veins. The seams are smooth and the chisel head is well finished. The band is black, dark red, gold and white and denotes the company and line. The aroma from the wrapper is smoky wood and some earth, while the foot brings cedar, cardboard and some stone fruit sweetness. The pre-light draw brings dry cedar and stone fruit sweetness.

La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel

First Third

The cigar begins with toasted cedar, earth and mild black pepper. At a quarter inch in, a light mustiness joins the profile. At a half inch in, the black pepper increases a bit. At an inch in, the mustiness increases a bit. The retrohale is toasted cedar, earth and some black pepper. At an inch and a quarter, the earth gains some dampness and the black pepper picks up a bit more. As the third comes to a close, the toasted cedar is a bit ahead of the lightly damp earth, with black pepper in the middle of the profile and the mustiness in the back half. The strength was right at medium.

La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel

Second Third

As the second third begins, the toast level increases a bit. At a half inch in, the earth increases a bit and loses the dampness. The retrohale maintains the toasted cedar and earth while the black pepper has become pretty mild. At an inch and a quarter, the black pepper gains a bit of creaminess. At an inch and a half in, the mustiness increases a bit more. As the third comes to a close, the toasted cedar is just ahead of the earth, with creamy black pepper in the middle of the profile and the mustiness right behind. The strength remained at medium.

La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel

Final Third

As the final third begins, the black pepper becomes a bit creamier. The retrohale is now toasted cedar and earth with creamy black pepper. At three quarters of an inch in, the black pepper mellows a bit. At an inch in, the black pepper is now very mellow. As the cigar wraps up, the toasted cedar is just ahead of the earth, with mustiness just behind the middle of the profile and creamy black pepper in the background. The strength remained at medium.

La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel

Burn

A quarter of the wrapper seemed to not want to burn for the duration of the cigar and a touch-up in each third was necessary to keep things in line.

La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel

Draw

The draw was fairly snug throughout. Cutting a second time and massaging the cigar produced no better results.

Overall

The cigar began with toasted cedar, earth and mild black pepper. A light mustiness joined fairly quickly. The black pepper and mustiness then increased a bit later. Then, the earth gained some dampness. and the pepper increased some more. The second third saw the toast level increase a bit, then the earth increased and lost the dampness. Later, the black pepper gained some creaminess and the mustiness increased. The final third saw the pepper become creamier. Later the pepper mellowed and then became very light. The La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel had an average flavor profile throughout, focused around toasted cedar and earth. The creamy black pepper was a nice touch, but it couldn’t elevate the overall profile. The snug draw and burn issues put a bit of a damper on the overall experience as it required more attention than I want to give during a smoking session. Having reviewed both the Natural and now the Maduro, the Natural is a bit better. I might come back to this to see if a better constructed offering would perform better.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.05

Cost/Point

$2.48

Scoring System

Personal Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro Chisel