Davidoff Year

of The Snake

While many cigar companies now time special yearly releases with various zodiac signs, it was the Davidoff company that first invented this concept and, just in time for the year of the snake, upped their game yet again. Adorned in a beautiful red and gold color scheme, the best-selling Davidoff line celebrates the beauty, patience, elegance and passion of the snake. We forget that, behind the animal’s façade of intensity is one that often has some of the most beautiful colorings and markings in nature. There is no company more adept than Davidoff to take aim at such a project. The blend is of top-quality and expertly... aged Ecuadorian wrapper overlaying binder from Ecuador and filler from both the Dominican Republic and Mexico. The flavor profile is also exquisite, shifting throughout each of the cigar’s thirds from a leathery, peppery and lemony blend in the opening, to more of a woodsy and roasted nut flavor in the second. The cigar closes out with coffee, earth and dried fruit for an incredible finale to a cigar we know you won’t want to end. Davidoff has long been the standard bearer for cigar elegance and the Year of the Snake release is a chance to put every last one of their bells and whistles on display. Lasting roughly an hour in smoke time, the filler tobacco in this cigar is made especially to stimulate the palate’s sour and salty response thanks to the use of tobacco from the San Vicente section of the Dominican Republic and Mexican Negro San Andres filler. For those who want to pair this with a perfect cocktail, Davidoff suggests the Yellow Bird, comprised of orange liquor, lime juice and orange juice alongside rum and herbs. This brings out the citrus component in the first third of the cigar and beautifully plays off the coffee and woodsy flavors that appear as the burn goes on. Get your incredible 10 count box from JR Cigars today.