The Chalupa Aged 4 Years
- Size: 5 1/2 x 54
- Strength: Medium-Full
The Chalupa by AJ Fernandez is a sophisticated and indulgent smoke crafted at AJ Fernandez’s world-renowned factory in Nicaragua. This cigar embodies precision blending, offering a bold and refined smoking experience.
• Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano – This wrapper delivers a robust profile with rich flavors of spice, earthiness, and subtle sweetness.
• Binder: Nicaraguan Habano – The binder reinforces the cigar’s bold character, adding layers of complexity with a smooth burn.
• Fillers: Nicaraguan Habano – The all-Nicaraguan filler blend enhances the cigar’s depth with peppery notes, creamy textures, and hints of cocoa.
The smoking experience begins with red pepper, bright cedar, sea salt, cinnamon, and golden honey, creating an initial burst of spice and sweetness. Midway through, flavors of simple syrup, almond, lemon-lime, and chocolate emerge, adding richness and complexity. The grand finale features a clove, toasted bread, cream, lime, and graham finish, leaving a balanced and satisfying aftertaste.
With a silky leather and cocoa cold draw and wheat bread and leather foot notes, this cigar pairs excellently with an Old Fashioned, espresso, or dark chocolate, enhancing its luxurious and full-bodied profile.
orinmonize (verified owner) –
Cigar started of okay but not very complex. Very one dimensional. No switch up in flavour. Also a bit harsh in the final third. Not sure if it was aged 4 years. Was just ok. Had higher expectations for this one. I have another one in the humidor which I will try again in about two months and see if it improves.
orinmonize (verified owner) –
Now after sitting in the humidor for 2months this cigar was much better than fresh out of the mailbox. A lot smoother. Flavour build up went up from medium to medium full at the halfway mark of this cigar. Notes of Cocoa, cedar, some spice notes and some dark berry Sweetness comes out toward the end. This time it remained smooth. Solid cigar for the price just let it rest in the humidor a couple weeks.