Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro

📌 Brand: Aging Room
📌 Line: Quattro Nicaragua
📌 Size: Maestro (6" × 52, Torpedo)
📌 Weight: 15.8 g
📌 Age: 5 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Dark Chocolate – Rich, sweet backbone

• Espresso – Deep roasted intensity

• Red Pepper – Sharp retrohale spice

• Earth – Dry, grounding undertone

First Impressions

The Maestro presents a dark, oily Nicaraguan wrapper in a clean box-press with tight seams and an elegant feel. Pre-light aromas bring cocoa, espresso, and barnyard. Cold draw is perfect, offering chocolate and spice with ideal resistance.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Dark chocolate and espresso open immediately, producing thick, aromatic smoke. Burn begins slightly uneven and needs attention early.

• Second Third – Pepper rises, sweetness stays steady, but burn drifts again, requiring another correction. Flavors remain bold and balanced.

• Final Third – Earth intensifies, espresso sharpens, and a final touch-up is needed before the finish. Strength climbs but stays controlled.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Dictador 20 Year Rum , with deep caramel, oak, and dried fruit balancing the cigar’s bold espresso-chocolate profile.

• Tea – Kenyan Milima Estate Black Tea, bright and lively with citrus edges that refresh between heavy draws.

Music Pairing

“Inner City Blues” – Marvin Gaye

Smooth depth mirroring the cigar’s dark sweetness.

Final Thoughts

The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro delivers bold, satisfying flavors of chocolate, espresso, pepper, and earth — classic AJ Fernández power with refinement. However, multiple burn corrections kept it from reaching perfection.

Final Score: 8/10
Why not a 10?
Repeated burn corrections interrupted the otherwise excellent flavor and balance.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.