Crux Cigars Ninfamaniac

Cigar ReviewNicaraguan CigarCruxNinfamaniacPerfecto

1 Feb

📌 Brand: Crux Cigars
📌 Line: Ninfamaniac
📌 Size: Ninfa (Perfecto 7" × 33)
📌 Weight: 7.4 g
📌 Age: 10 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

Creamy Cedar – Soft, approachable base
Light Cocoa – Mild sweetness that comes and goes
White Pepper – Gentle spice on the retrohale
Dry Earth – Slightly chalky finish

First Impressions

The cigar has a clean, well-made look with a smooth Nicaraguan Habano wrapper and tidy seams. Firmness feels mostly even, though slightly soft toward the foot. Pre-light aroma shows cedar, hay, and faint cocoa. Cold draw is open and pleasant.

Smoking Experience

First Third – Creamy cedar and light cocoa start things smoothly. Burn is straight at first with good smoke output.
Second Third – Flavors stay mild and linear. Combustion begins to struggle, requiring the first relight to keep momentum.
Final Third – Dry earth and pepper dominate. A few relights interrupt the flow, flattening flavors and adding slight bitterness from overheating.

Pairings

Alcohol – Pere Magloire VSOP Calvados - Bright apple, soft oak, and gentle sweetness bring life and freshness to a cigar that trends dry and muted.
Tea – Kenya Kirinyaga Orthodox Black Tea - Brisk, lively, and slightly citrusy to refresh the palate after repeated relights.

Music Pairing

“Am I Demon” – Danzig
Slow, heavy groove matching the cigar’s darker mid-section.

Final Thoughts

Crux Ninfamaniac offers an easy, creamy, medium-bodied profile that’s pleasant but never truly exciting. Multiple relights break the rhythm and prevent the cigar from developing depth or complexity, leaving the experience somewhat forgettable.

Final Score: 6/10
Why not a 10?
Several relights disrupted combustion and flattened flavor progression.

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