This week’s cigar review is about the Villa Zamorano Reserva by Maya Selva. The cigar was first announced at the 2016 IPCPR. It had a limited distribution across Europe in 2017 and finally came to the United States in 2018.
Specifiations:
The premium cigars are made of Honduran long-filler at the brand-dedicated San Judas Tadeo factory in Danlí, Honduras.
Villa Zamorano Reserva is available in 25 count boxes in the following vitolas:
Expreso (3 ½ x 52), Intenso (4 x 46), Corona (5 x 42), Robusto (5 x 50), El Gordo (5 x 56), No. 15 (5 ½ x 54) and Churchill (7 x 48).
Here we are in the home stretch and this cigar does not disappoint.
The Robusto cigars I had for the review were provided by Maya Selva.
The Villa Zamorano Reserva is a Honduran Puro with a Honduran Habano wrapper. The wrapper is Colorado Maduro in color, has some faint veins and barely visible seams. There was no discernable aroma from the wrapper leaf.
The cigar has a smoothly applied double cap and a finished foot. The foot gave off a faint tobacco scent.
The cigar is of average weight compared to other cigars of this vitola and was firm to the touch.
Experience:
After slicing the cap with my guillotine cutter, I took a pre-light draw and found some mild tobacco flavor and savory tobacco flavor on my lips.
I toasted and then lit the foot of the cigar with my quad lighter and began my smoking session.
The cigar has a nice draw, with just enough firmness so it wasn’t a workout or way too easy.
During the first third, the cigar’s retrohale was on the mild side. The main flavor was savory tobacco with a short, mild finish. I felt the cigar was off to a good start and was optimistic for the rest of the session.
Moving into the second third, the retrohale kicks it up a notch with a medium strength spice sensation. In addition to the savory notes from the beginning, the cigar also had some nice earthy notes. Once again, the cigar is pleasurable to smoke and I’m looking for a good final third.
Here we are in the home stretch and this cigar does not disappoint. The retrohale moves up into the strong spice range. It’s not a nose burner but, you know the strength is there. The flavors on my palate have changed to woody tobacco with coffee notes. Again, the flavors are great and enjoyable.
The cigar burned evenly throughout and did not require any touchups. The ash was firm, tight and I would roll it off every inch or so. The smoke volume for each puff was good.
[su_box title=”Summary” style=”glass” box_color=”#b9b1ae”]In conclusion, Maya Selva’s Villa Zamorano Reserva is a very good mild to medium cigar with great flavor notes. I would certainly smoke these again but probably in a different vitola that lasted longer.