Litto Gomez Small Batch 4
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 4:13PM 
This week's review is of the brand new Litto Gomez Small Batch 4! The Small Batch line is one of LFD's most sought after cigars and 50 cabinets of these were released to shops within the last week. The rest of the boxes will be shipped sometime in January. This cigar is a Dominican Puro made with tobacco from a 2006 crop and a special Dominican Pele De Oro wrapper. It measures in at 7x52, making this a fairly large cigar!
The LG Small Batch 4 has a dark oily wrapper with a slightly reddish hue to it. These looked fantastic sitting in the cabinet of 105 cigars that they come in. The aroma at the foot is sweet and has some barnyard funk to it with some spicyness that made me sneeze after taking a big whiff. The draw has just the right amount of resistance to it. The prelight shows flavors of sweeet tobacco and that great aged tobacco and barnyard flavor. Once lit this dense cigar starts off with huge flavors! There is a great combination of sweet and spicy flavors with some cedar and dried fruit. The smoke is thick and almost chewy but really clean on the palate. This is a bold cigar with a ton of spice through the nose, but is very balanced and has a great depth of flavor. The burn has been very strait and the ash held strong for over an inch.
As I get closer to the halfway point I am getting some of that classic dried fruit almost raisin flavor I associate with a lot of LFD cigars. This is definitely a full bodied and full flavored cigar, and the strength at this point is closing in on full as well without being overly strong. This is one of those cigars that is kind of hard to pick out individual flavors from. The flavors just all work really well together. The almost syrupy sweetness stands out more than anything. This is in the full range of strength towards the end for sure, but is still very well balanced. I love how well these are smoking considering they were just released. I felt that the previous Small Batches were good right away, but some down time really helped them out. With about 2 inches to go the sweetness is backing off and the flavor profile has gotten a little darker and deeper. There is a savory character to this cigar now with some earthy and leather flavors and some woody notes. I took this one all the way down until i was burning my fingertips, didn't want it to end!
The LG Small Batch 4 was a great cigar! This is one of those cigars you almost don't want to love because they are pretty pricey. These come in at around $18. Even at that price point I will be grabbing a few more. These are great now and I think it is pretty safe to say will get even better as they age. This Pele De Oro wrapper is really something special. This is at least a 2 hour smoke and every minute of it is enjoyable!
Litto Gomez Small Batch in review
Reader Comments (2)
What is your favorite out of the small batches?
I would say the Small Batch 2 and 4 are my favorites