My Father Corona

📌 Brand: My Father
📌 Line: My Father
📌 Size: Corona (5" × 42)
📌 Weight: 10.6 g
📌 Age: 6 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Caramelized Cedar – Sweetened wood note

• White Pepper – Sharp, clean spice on the retrohale

• Floral Herb – Light aromatic lift in the mid-palate

• Earth – Balanced grounding note throughout

First Impressions

The wrapper is a beautiful Ecuadorian Hbanao rosado with fine veins and silky oils, classic My Father presentation. Aroma from the foot is cedar, spice, and faint floral sweetness. Cold draw offers caramelized cedar and pepper with great resistance.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Bright cedar and white pepper open assertively. Floral hints drift in subtly. Burn is clean and sharp.

• Second Third – Earth and caramel tones round the profile. Pepper softens. Relight needed for the first time as the smoke slows.

• Final Third – Cedar strengthens again, floral note fades. One more relight required, but flavors remain balanced until the nub.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Dictador 20 Year Rum, rich molasses, oak spice, and caramel amplifying the cigar’s warm cedar sweetness.

• Tea – Nepal Kumari Black Tea, floral and slightly sweet, perfectly matching the cigar’s aromatic mid-notes.

Music Pairing

“Desert Rose” – Sting & Cheb Mami
Ethereal and exotic, reflecting the floral-herbal lift.

Final Thoughts

The My Father Corona offers a classic profile: cedar, pepper, and floral earth delivered with elegance. Two relights interrupted the flow but didn't overshadow the blend’s quality and balance.

Final Score: 8/10
Why not a 10?
Two relights broke consistency and dulled the final third’s momentum.

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