Ashton Estate Sun Grown

The highly stylized band of the Ashton ESG adds glamor to an appearance otherwise in need of little enhancement. Minimal veining adds texture to a flawless, chewy leaf that exudes scents of spice and peat. The first few puffs deliver wood and coffee notes in a balanced and smooth manner, with a sweet caramel added into the first third. The taste shifts to spice and almond as the smoke progresses, the salt and pepper ash is somewhat flaky but strong. The final third of the cigar is a crescendo of flavors, heavily influenced by the return of the caramel now toasted to a crisp toffee.

Priced for special occasions, the Ashton Estate Sun Grown will be hard to resist even after a lunch of burgers and fries on the patio of the local country club, but having a box available in the humidor will make it easier to indulge for even the most mundane of celebrations. A medium to full cigar on par with the Arturo Fuente Opus X or Padron Anniversary 1964, it will delight even the most jaded of cigar aficionados.