Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana Capitulo II

Vitola: Box-Pressed Chisel
Size: 6.5″ x 58 ring gauge
Price $10.99
Purchased from Maxamar’s

Background

Today I’ll be taking a look at the second release from La Flor Dominicana that Tony Gomez, the son of founder Litto Gomez, blended.  His first was released in 2013 called the Chapter I.  The follow up is called naturally Capitulo II, which is Spanish for Chapter 2.  Both of these cigars are the same size and shape, both come in 10 count boxes but their blends are different.  This cigar is comprised of Dominican fillers, and Ecuadorian Habano binder, with a Nicaraguan Colorado wrapper.  One note about the boxes; the Chapter 1 was extremely difficult to get out of the “mouse fur” trays as they held the cigars very tightly.  I nearly destroyed one and damaged a couple of the cigars getting them out of the box.  I was worried about this when I opened the box of Caputilo II I bought, but I didn’t need to worry.  They same type of trays were there but they didn’t hold the cigars in a death grip and therefore were easy to get out.  This cigar was the second one I smoked.

Prelight

The wrapper on the cigar is a nice mahogany brown in color that goes very well with the color of the bands.  There were some medium veins but they had been smoothed out a bit by the box pressing.  The wrapper also had a good amount of oils and tooth to it.  When I gave it a squeeze it was fairly firm to the touch without any soft spots.  Putting my nose to the wrapper I noted the aroma of barnyard with sweet hay coming from the foot.  After clipping it and taking a cold draw I got some sweet and salt flavor with an ok draw.

Flavor

The first third starts off with a blast of spice especially strong on the retrohale.  I did note a good amount sweetness on the tip of my tongue.  After taking a few more puffs on it I started to note some leather, earth, cedar and cotton candy flavors.  Towards the end of the first third the spice did start to mellow out a bit.  The cigar definitely starts off full strength.  The second third saw the sweetness build a lot with some leather and earth flavors as well.  While the spice wasn’t as present the cigar was still full strength.  As I moved into the final third the spice did start to build back up and I started to get a nicotine hit from it.  The flavors in the final third were of wood, coffee, cinnamon, hints of curry, some green herbs, all with a pervasive sweetness.

Construction

The draw on this cigar was perfect throughout.  I did experience a slightly wavy burn, but I’m going to chalk that up to the wind while I was smoking it.  One thing I will note, as it has been something that has happened on every of the Chapter I and Capitulo II cigars I’ve had, is they will start to tar up a bit and need a re-cut.  This problem doesn’t bother me on this cigar as it isn’t that bad.  But something you should note if you’re smoking it and it starts to get a bit bitter, just re-cut it.  This is one of the reasons I don’t punch these cigars like you’re “supposed to”.

Value

A limited production cigar for $11 seems very reasonable to me.

Conclusions

Overall this was an excellent cigar.  It is very LFD if you know what I mean.  Since this cigar is so strong I can’t recommend it for everyone, but I do think it is a must try for any LFD fans out there.  I think that this cigar will be an excellent aging candidate and look forward to seeing what some time does to it.  If you’d like to pick up some yourself head over to SmallBatchCigar.com.

By-The-Numbers

Prelight: 2/2
Construction: 2/2
Flavor: 5/5
Value: 1/1
Total: 10/10