Today I'm smoking the newest addition to the AVO brand, the Syncro in the Toro size. This cigar is a couple of firsts for AVO. This is their first blend using a Nicaraguan wrapper leaf and this is the first box pressed AVO cigar. The motto for this blend is "Nicaraguan Fire. Dominican Flair. A World of stories." This cigar's release follows a trend of typically Dominican cigars starting to utilize Nicaraguan tobaccos as the US market is trending towards more Nicaraguan cigars. Montecristo, Romeo Y Julieta and Davidoff have all introduced Nicaraguan blends in recent years, and AVO, a subsidiary of Davidoff follows suit this year with the Syncro. This band features the familiar AVO branding, but it has an extra section on the bottom that reads "Nicaragua."
This cigar is has all the indications of quality that I expect from AVO. No ugly wrappers, they're all of uniform construction and the box pressing is consistent. From the first light up it has the pepper like quality and strength that is typical of Nicaraguan tobacco. As the cigar progresses the Dominican filler tobaccos even out the blend. Overall this cigar is not as strong as many Nicaraguan blended cigars, but it fits the bill for AVO, it's smooth and has a decent array of flavors as the cigar progresses. Many Nicaraguan cigars I would not describe as smooth, so when I do find a Nicaraguan wrapper that is smooth I make a point of describing it as such. I recommend this cigar to fans of the AVO brand, a smoker that wants to reach out and try stronger cigars, or somebody who is interested in trying more Nicaraguan cigars.
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