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Release Date: March 22, 2021
Number of Cigars Released: 4,550 Boxes of 20 Cigars (91,000 Total Cigars)
Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3
It’s not every day that I smoke a double corona and while I don’t always have the time, the AVO Improvisation LE21 reminds me how I like the proportions of this vitola. There’s been a pretty wide variety in wrapper colors used for various AVO Improvisation releases over the years, with the 2021 version seeming to be somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. The aroma from the wrapper is medium-full with a fair amount of acidity, damp leaves, cedar and leather. The foot smells a lot sweeter, at times almost like a graham cracker, other times more of a caramel coffee drink and some underlying cedar. Cold draws are medium-full with coffee ice cream, bitter citrus almost acidic enough to be closer to pineapple and a touch of cinnamon here and there.
Release Date: November 2020
Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3
My first thought is that I really wish this cigar wasn’t this big. I know that it’s going to be a long afternoon, and this is the first of three cigars I will smoke for the review. As is often the case with cigars of this size, the wrapper isn’t as flawless as a normal Davidoff robusto. There are some veins and wrapper stretching, the latter of which is a bit odd for a Davidoff. The aroma from the wrapper is a medium-plus mixture of barnyard, birdseed, and a salty broth flavor. The foot is medium-full with a sweeter profile that includes raisins, root beer, caramel and minor amounts of barnyard. There’s an even sweeter cold draw with notes of cherry cola, peanuts, syrup and a generic fruitiness.