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El Político Cigar By Joshua Habursky - Cigar Review

In this video, Reinhard reviews the El Politico cigar, a professional and yet rather personal business card from Joshua Habursky, Head of Governmental Affairs for the Premium Cigar Association. Check out the El Político Cigar Formula & Read The Review: https://bespokeunit.com/articles/ciga... Learn about the Bespoke Unit Cigar Formula: https://bespokeunit.com/cigars/formula/ 00:00 Intro & Overview The El Politico was the brainchild of Joshua Habursky, who is head of governmental affairs with the Premium Cigar Association. He approached Luciano Meirelles to produce his very special business card that he calls the El Politico cigar. It's a 6x52 Toro manufactured by Tabacalera Pichardo in Nicaragua. Originally, 5,000 cigar bands were printed and 2,100 of the final cigars were given away at the 2021 PCA trade show in Las Vegas. In 2022, the cigars will become more readily available for the public to smoke. Parts of the revenue from the sales of the cigar will go to charitable causes and support the PCA's advocacy fight. 02:56 Cigar's Look & Feel The cigar features a toothy and textured Mexican San Andreas wrapper. It covers a blend of Jalapa and Pueblo Nuevo tobaccos, which have become signature tobacco for ACE Prime and Tabacalera Pichardo in their various projects and blends. The cigar looks rather elegant. The ring features the capitol dome as well as three stars underneath, highlighting Washington DC, the PCA's home office headquarters. There is no box yet because these cigars are given away individually, but overall, the presentation is neat, elegant and with the gold rim, it looks really nice and tidy. 02:14 Cutting & Prelight Considerations The roll is firm with minimal seams and just tiny little veins. Overall, it feels very well made. The pre-light draw gives just the right amount of resistance. It also has notes of bitter chocolate, a very dry earthy cocoa with just a little bit of dried mushrooms in general. 04:58 First Third The first third opens with a combination of bitter chocolate elevated by a creamy, nutty note underneath. Towards the back, there's some fruitiness, reminiscent of morello cherries and lemon zest. 05:26 Second Third Into the second third, the cigar shows the typical Nicaraguan spice, earthiness, bitter chocolate, and a sprinkle of sea salt and minerality. The strength has consistently been a solid medium, but the body is full and is rich. The complexity most definitely is there. 05:51 Final Third The cigar shows nuances from one third, moving on to the second and then to the final third. And there are lots of different subtleties and aromas and flavors to be detected once you progress through the smoking experience. The final third shows some more citrus and saltiness. So the minerality and the ethereal connotation of the smoke is more pronounced but still encompassed in the overall bitter chocolate and nutty creaminess that the cigar shows so wonderfully well. 06:35 Overall Experience Overall, this is a very harmonious smoking experience. It's not overpowering, overly spicy or drying, but rather feels well put together and well balanced. The vitola being a traditional Toro is definitely mass applicable, as well as the blend overall. In general, the cigar is most definitely an occasional smoke, simply because of the sheer nature of the project and how Josh distributes the cigars. However, they will be more readily available so that people can pick it up and smoke them as an everyday treat because ultimately that's Josh's vision moving forward, that El Politico will become a regular installment and a regular part of people's cigar rotation. 07:39 Pairings When it comes to pairing recommendations, because of the nuttiness of the chocolate, a great pairing is bitter chocolate-coated macadamia nuts. You could also go for a salty snack like a pretzel or a Rosemary sprinkled type of cracker and biscuit. When it comes to beverages, I'm a huge fan of smoking the cigar alongside an elegant, full-bodied, creamy, and mellow XO cognac. For those of you who are not into alcoholic beverages, I'd probably try the cigar with hazelnut milk. 08:27 Final Thoughts For now, this is the only vitola that the El Politico is available in, but there will be other renditions of the cigar further down the line. So probably, we will see an enlarging portfolio of El Politico and different options for you to try. Already tried the VegaFina 1998 or have any questions? Leave us a comment to let us know your thoughts! CONNECT: Web: https://BespokeUnit.com Instagram:   / bespokeunit   Facebook:   / bespokeunit   Twitter:   / bespokeunit   Subscribe to Newsletter: https://BespokeUnit.com/newsletter/