Por Larrañaga Larrañaga 47 Edición Regional Reino Unido

📌 Brand: Por Larrañaga
📌 Line: Reino Unido Regional Edition PL47
📌 Size: Julieta No2 (7" × 47 - Churchill)
📌 Weight: 13.2 g
📌 Age: 3 years
📌 Origin: Cuba

Tasting Notes

• Sweet Cedar – Classic, gentle core

• Honey – Soft, fleeting sweetness

• Toasted Biscuit – Light pastry note

• Dry Herbs – Appear as combustion struggles

First Impressions

Elegant presentation typical of a UK Regional. Wrapper is smooth and attractive, but the cigar feels noticeably underfilled when squeezed. Pre-light aroma offers sweet cedar, honey, and light hay. Cold draw is very open, foreshadowing combustion issues.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Opens pleasantly with sweet cedar and honey. Smoke output is high but flavors feel diluted.

• Second Third – Underfilling becomes more evident. Burn starts to wander, requiring the first correction. Biscuit note appears briefly.

• Final Third – Herbs and dry wood dominate. Additional touch-ups needed to keep the burn even. Flavor thins but remains clean.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Tokaji Szamorodni Dry - Nutty, oxidative character with bright acidity adds structure and interest to a cigar whose body feels too light.

• Tea – Sri Lanka Uva Highlands Black Tea
  Brisk, aromatic, and lightly drying — helps sharpen flavors and compensate for the loose, airy smoke.

Music Pairing

“The Queen of Hearts” – Fotheringay
Elegant, restrained, and very British — fitting for a UK Regional cigar.

Final Thoughts

Por Larrañaga PL47 delivers classic Cuban sweetness and elegance, but underfilling and burn instability prevent it from reaching its full potential. Enjoyable in concept and character, yet execution holds it back.

Final Score: 7/10
Why not a 10?
Underfilled construction led to diluted flavor and required multiple corrections, limiting depth and consistency.