La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro

This week's review is of the new LFD Colorado Oscuro! This semi-limited cigar comes in cabinet style boxes of 50 and is composed of an Ecuadorian Ligero Sumatra wrapper, Dominican Sumatra binder and a Dominican and Nicaraguan filler. I am smoking the no.4, which measures in at 5 1/4x54. 

The Colorado Oscuro is a nice oily cigar, not quite as dark as the Cabinet Oscuro line but more of a milk chocolate color. This is a very firm cigar when squeezed and seems to be very well constructed with a very flat cap. The aroma coming off the foot is light, much lighter than some of the other LFDs. All I am getting is a light cedar aroma. The prelight draw shows a perfect draw with some great barnyard flavors. Once lit this starts out with a rich woody flavor, a little spice and some bitter chocolate. There is a sweet component here as well, which balances out the woody characteristic and bitter chocolate. This doesn't seem to have the strength that some of the other LFDs do, which I am thankful for because I am smoking this right after a light breakfast. After the first inch the spice has disappeared and the woody flavor is still present but toned down. The bitter chocolate has turned into more of a mocha flavor now and the sweeetness has taken on a burnt sugar flavor. The construction on this cigar is amazing, the snowy white ash holds on strong and fell off at just over an inch and a half. The burnline has been razor sharp. 

At the halfway point I am really enjoying this cigar. As of right now I would put this as a solid medium bodied/strength cigar. The flavor profile really stands apart from the other LFDs. You know you are smoking an LFD product but this one seems to offer up some more complexity. I am almost at the band and suddenly a really tasty hazelnut flavor has joined the party. As the Colorado Oscuro winds down, the flavor is still quite tasty and the burn has been strait all the way through. The strength never climbed above medium. 

The La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro was great! I have smoked two of these now and they are probably one of my favorite releases from LFD. If I remember correctly, these are going to be released twice a year and I recommend tracking them down! The no.4 will cost you between $7.50 and $8 and is worth every penny.