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Illusione

Epernay L'Excellence

🇳🇮 Nicaragua171 mm × 48
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Strength
Mild to medium

About this cigar

The Illusione Epernay L'Excellence is a cigar, 171 mm long with a 48 ring gauge (19 mm), made in Nicaragua. Tobaccos: wrapper Nicaragua and filler Nicaragua. Strength: mild to medium; smoking time about 103 minutes. It is one of 11 sizes in the Epernay line. Noted flavors: cedar, cream and hazelnut.

For aficionados, the Illusione Epernay L'Excellence is a 171 mm vitola with a 48 ring gauge, made by the Nicaraguan house Illusione. Its wrapper, binder and filler all come from Nicaragua, giving a blend of light to medium strength. Notes of cedar, cream and hazelnut make it a cigar of real refinement.

Specifications

Vitola
Epernay L'Excellence
Length
171 mm · 6.73″
Ring gauge
48 · 19.0 mm
Wrapper
Nicaragua
Wrapper shade
Colorado
Filler
Nicaragua
Country of manufacture
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
Smoking time
About 103 min
The house
Illusione

Illusione

Nicaragua, Founded in 2004, 189 cigars

Illusione is a Nicaraguan cigar brand created in the United States by Dion Giolito, owner of the Fumare shop in Reno, Nevada. A recognized boutique house, it stands out for its enigmatic names and vitolas, including Original Documents, Epernay, Fume d'Amour, Ultra and Garagiste, the latter echoing a cigar lineage prized by aficionados.

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Flavor palette

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

Woody
Sweet
Roasted

Pairings

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Cognac or armagnacDried fruit, hazelnut, oak90% match

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