Last month the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based retailer Burns Tobacconist teamed up with Miami Cigar & Co. for a store exclusive. Based on the La Aurora 100 Años Lancero, the wrapper has been switched from a corojo wrapper to a Cameroon wrapper; an idea that was hatched when Mike Hunter, who now owns Burns, was talking with Nestor Miranda and Jason Wood of Miami Cigar & Co. during a visit to the store for an event. Cigar Reviewed: La Aurora 100 Años Lancero Cameroon Country of Origin: Dominican Republic Factory: E. León Jimenes Tabacalera Wrapper: Cameroon Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Corojo & Dominican Piloto Cubano Size: 7 1/2 Inches Ring Gauge: 40 Vitola: Lancero MSRP: $11.99 (Boxes of 25, $269.78) Date Released: March 12, 2015 Number of Cigars Released: 50 Boxes of 25 Cigars (1,250 Total Cigars) Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 2 The Cameroon wrapper is a nice lighter brown color, soft and oily with only a few tactile veins. Giving the lancero a squeeze shows that the first third is so soft I can almost pinch the sides together, but the remaining two thirds only have a slight give. There is a rich barnyard and leather aroma coming off the ...
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