Valentino Siesto Sun Grown – Semi Lancero

A ring 38 sun-grown cigar is a deliberately awkward thing to make, and the Sun Grown Semi Lancero is the format Valentino Siesto uses to show off construction. Four and a half inches, an Ecuadorian sun-grown wrapper doing most of the talking, and a bunch tight enough to keep the draw honest at that diameter.

Concentrated rather than powerful: dry wood, black tea and cracked pepper up front, a mineral, almost saline finish. It runs hotter than the wider vitolas if you rush it, so keep the pace slow. Half an hour, black coffee, done.

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