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Premiere Selection Robusto Connecticut Shade

🇳🇮 NicaraguaRobusto127 mm × 52
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Strength
Mild to medium

About this cigar

The Blanco Premiere Selection Robusto Connecticut Shade is a cigar in the Robusto format, 127 mm long with a 52 ring gauge (20.6 mm), made in Nicaragua. Tobaccos: wrapper Connecticut Shade / Nicaragua, binder Honduras and filler Nicaragua. Strength: mild to medium; smoking time about 84 minutes. It is one of 2 sizes in the Premiere Selection Robusto line. Noted flavors: cream, cedar, hazelnut and spice.

Crafted by the Nicaraguan house Blanco, the Premiere Selection Robusto in Connecticut Shade pairs a Connecticut Shade wrapper with a Honduran binder and Nicaraguan filler. This 127 mm robusto with a 52 ring gauge is aimed at aficionados seeking a light to medium strength smoke with a refined, balanced character. Its construction, developed by the Nicaraguan maker, makes it an easily recognisable vitola within the Premiere Selection line.

Specifications

Brand
Blanco
Line
Premiere Selection Robusto
Vitola
Premiere Selection Robusto Connecticut Shade
Length
127 mm · 5″
Ring gauge
52 · 20.6 mm
Wrapper
Connecticut Shade / Nicaragua
Wrapper shade
Colorado
Binder
Honduras
Filler
Nicaragua
Country of manufacture
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
Smoking time
About 84 min
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Blanco

Nicaragua, 122 cigars

Blanco is a cigar brand from Nicaragua, produced by Plasencia Cigars. Its hand-rolled cigars combine a fine selection of Dominican long filler tobaccos and stand out for a smooth, pleasant taste and consistent quality. Offering good value for money, the line suits beginners as well as seasoned aficionados.

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Flavor palette

The flavor notes recorded for this cigar, grouped by family.

Sweet
Woody
Roasted
Spicy

Pairings

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Cognac or armagnacDried fruit, hazelnut, oak90% match

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