Esteban Carreras Devil’s Hand Sixty Gordo

The Esteban Carreras Devil’s Hand Sixty is a Nicaraguan puro cigar with a captivating backstory of tobacco seeds smuggled from Cuba to defy a dictatorial regime, featuring a Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper, dual binders from Estelí and Jalapa, and Condega fillers for a medium-plus bodied smoke with balanced strength that starts at medium-plus and eases to medium. In its generous 6-inch length with a 60 ring gauge gordo vitola, it unfolds a complex flavor journey beginning in the first third with woody notes, semi-sweet barnyard, mild toastiness, cereal-like sweetness akin to Cap’n Crunch, semi-sweet bread, earthiness, tartness, leather, and layers of white and black pepper; evolving in the second third to dominant earthiness, mushroom flavors, intensified black and red pepper, cake batter, woodiness, creaminess, toastiness, generic bread, red apples, straw, and grain sensations; and concluding in the final third with earthiness, leather, creaminess, mushroom, oak, white pepper, grains, minerals, cake batter, toastiness, and sweeter fruitiness for a nuanced, lingering finish. Celebrated for its solid construction, smooth draw after a potentially tighter cold draw, plentiful smoke production, and even burn with minimal issues, this limited-edition cigar offers a smooth, multifaceted experience ideal for those who enjoy depth and complexity in a larger format that smokes cool over about an hour and a half.