Flor de Selva Grand Pressé Maduro

📌 Brand: Flor de Selva
📌 Line: Flor de Selva Maduro
📌 Size: Gran Pressé (6" × 54, box-pressed)
📌 Weight: 18.8 g
📌 Age: 2 years
📌 Origin: Honduras

Tasting Notes

• Cedar – Clean core

• Toasted Nuts – Almond and cashew warmth

• Honey – Soft, restrained sweetness

• White Pepper – Gentle retrohale lift

First Impressions

The Gran Pressé shows a neat box-press with a silky Honduran wrapper and tidy seams. Pre-light aroma offers cedar, light honey, and nuts. Cold draw is noticeably tight, hinting at restricted airflow.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Cedar and toasted nuts lead with a touch of honey. Burn line begins to drift; first touch-up needed.

• Second Third – Profile stays elegant but compact. Tight draw limits smoke volume; another minor correction keeps things aligned.

• Final Third – Pepper brightens slightly; sweetness fades. Still refined, but the tightness prevents full expansion of flavor.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos - Apricot, honey, and vibrant acidity add lift and sweetness that counter the tight draw and highlight the cigar’s nutty core.

• Tea – Korean Hadong Balhyocha - Lightly oxidized with honeyed florals and gentle tannin, smoothing pepper while amplifying sweetness.

Music Pairing

“Mambo Influenciado” – Chucho Valdés
Precision and elegance reflect the cigar’s refined, classic character.

Final Thoughts

Flor de Selva Gran Pressé delivers polished Honduran flavors—cedar, nuts, and soft sweetness—with admirable balance. A tight draw and a few touch-ups keep it from fully opening up, but the experience remains classy and enjoyable.

Final Score: 7/10
Why not a 10?
Tight draw and repeated touch-ups limited smoke volume and flavor development.

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