Cigar Review: My Father El Centurion H2K Corona

Hello Cigar smokers,
Today I'm reviewing one of the newer offerings by My Father Cigars, the re-blended Centurion brand. This cigar differs from the original Centurion, which was a Nicaraguan Puro. This cigar features fillers and binders from Nicaragua still, with a hybrid US grown wrapper. The H2K in the name denotes the wrapper, it's a hybrid Habano wrapper grown in the same area that Connecticut Shade wrappers are grown in. This cigar comes packed in boxes of 20 with a sharp box press and 2 bands with a ribbon on it. Much of the cigar is covered in it's packaging, but you can still see the beautiful wrapper underneath. This cigar has a medium colored wrapper with a good amount of tooth on it. The orange colors on the band and ribbon look nice with the wrapper, it pops off the shelf and looks very enticing.

On to the cigar itself, I'm not normally partial to box-pressed cigars, but this cigar draws effortlessly. There is some give when you squeeze this cigar, but it's not sloppy. This cigar measures 5.5" by a 48 ring gauge. This is a kind of strange size for a Corona, it's dimensions are closer to a robusto, but that's just semantics. What really matters is the flavor, and this cigar has it in spades. This cigar is a medium body, but has a lighter flavor than most medium bodies. This cigar feels like a Connecticut Shade cigar with much less dainty flavor that a traditional Connecticut. You still get the smooth, buttery flavor of a Connecticut, but it evolves into a much more interesting cigar. After the initial light up notes of pepper and spice some through and build up. I notice the draw gives the smoothness of a Shade wrapper, while the exhale gives the punch. Especially if you exhale through the nose you really get an explosion of pepper which never gets old.

It's hard to describe this cigar's flavor, but I call it a medium body with a light to medium strength. I classify it as a 2/5 strength, but its more of a hard 2 or soft 3. At first I was a skeptic, but this cigar has really grown on me. The construction and draw are top notch, the flavor seems to hit my palate differently every time I revisit this cigar and it never gets old. I prefer this as a change of pace cigar. I recommend this cigar to anybody who prefers Connecticut Shade cigars, this will give you more flavor without being too much to palate. I also recommend this cigar to people who prefer full bodied cigars who want a change of pace. I think this is a good candidate to age long term and I plan on adding a box to my humidor collection. Happy smoking and feel free to email questions to jtcigarsofwoodside@gmail.com
JT