Plasencia Ehtëfal

📌 Brand: Plasencia
📌 Line: Ehtëfal
📌 Size: Toro (6 × 52)
📌 Weight: 19.6g
📌 Age: 3 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Dark Chocolate – Smooth, bittersweet richness

• Espresso – Bold roasted depth

• Cedar – Elegant woody core

• Sweet Spice – Cinnamon and clove adding warmth

First Impressions

The Plasencia Ehtëfal is a stunning cigar, with an oily, seamless Nicaraguan wrapper and luxurious presentation. Pre-light aromas are cocoa, coffee, and cedar. Cold draw is flawless, offering chocolate and spice.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Opens with chocolate and cedar, espresso undertones, and gentle sweetness. Perfect burn and draw.

• Second Third – Espresso deepens, spice notes emerge, and the profile grows more complex while staying balanced.

• Final Third – Chocolate and cedar return, layered with warm spice and refined earth. Perfect construction all the way through.

Pairings

• Alcohol – GlenDronach 18 Year Allardice , rich with sherry sweetness, dark fruit, and chocolate, echoing the cigar’s depth.

• Tea – Da Hong Pao Oolong (China), roasted and mineral-driven, balancing the sweetness with refined complexity.

Music Pairing

“Desert Rose” – Sting & Cheb Mami

East-meets-West elegance, mirroring the cigar’s celebratory nature.

Final Thoughts

The Plasencia Ehtëfal is a masterpiece — balanced, complex, and flawlessly constructed. Rich layers of chocolate, espresso, cedar, and spice weave together seamlessly, creating a celebratory cigar worthy of its name.

Final Score: 10/10