La Flor Dominicana La Nox Prelight
La Flor Dominicana often simplified to LFD was founded by Litto Gomez in The Dominican Republic in 1996. LFD has built a reputation on using full flavor, full strength tobaccos from The Dominican Republic. Litto Gomez is also the proud creator of the only cigar vitola to ever be awarded a patent – the Chisel, and Chiseltio vitola.
The La Nox (latin for “The Night”) is a tri-country blend with a Brazilian wrapper, Mexican San Andres Binder, and filler leaves from The Dominican Republic. The vitola is a Toro, or Toro Extra at 6.5″ x 50. I’m a huge fan of the art on this line. The bands, logos, fonts, are incredible, and the box is one of my all time favorite box designs. The art was inspired by the works of Vincent van Gogh, and the font is a recreation of his signature. This particular example has a really gorgeous wrapper, unfortunately the cap was a bit stiff and loosened the top of the wrapper after it was cut. This actually happened on one of the other cigars I got from this box as well. The draw was just right, and there are cold notes of green apple skins and cedar.
La Flor Dominicana La Nox First Third
This cigar is exceptionally smoky. Right from the moment it’s lit it’s billowing smoke from the foot. The notes on the palate are green apple skin, bright cedar, and toasted wheat on the palate. That bright cedar note is something that LFD does fantastically. I’m picking up on apple cider, dark chocolate, sweet cream, black pepper and baking spices on the retrohale. The profile is bright and sweet with a touch of pepper in the mix to spice it up. The green apple and cedar notes are the stand out tones in the blend. Besides the cap loosening the wrapper leaf the construction is fantastic so far. Smoke output is very strong, and it’s definitely full bodied. The finish is at medium.
La Flor Dominicana La Nox Second Third
The second third is very in line with the first. The palate is bright cedar, and green apples. The retrohale is spiced cream, apple cider, and some meaty smokiness that’s appeared. The apple cider tones, and the meaty smokiness are coming together for a flavor that reminds me a lot of good Carolina BBQ. This cigar really shines on the lighter puffs and retrohales, I’ve had to remind myself to slow down a few times while smoking this one. Construction is still good with a bit of a wavier burn line. Smoke output and texture are still superb. The finish is now long.
La Flor Dominicana La Nox Final Third
Getting into the final third, the meatier flavors have fallen off and we’re back to something closer to the first third. There’s an introduction of vanilla, and a bit of sweet leather. The palate is green apples, bright cedar, crackers, and leather. The retrohale is showing notes of apple cider, spiced cream, and woody vanilla. I’m loving this blend. Approaching the band sweeter creamy tones are receding, leaving more of the apple, leather, and cedar notes to take over. Past the band the blend continued to get more dry. The baking spices, and wood were now leading the pack. I put this cigar down with about an inch left.
La Flor Dominicana La Nox Conclusions
It’s been said not to judge a book by it’s cover, but in the case of the La Nox it smokes just as beautifully as it looks. The sweet and tart tones from the green apple and vanilla came together fantastically, and the bright cedar flavors that LFD does so well really put this blend up there as one of my all time favorites. The smoky almost BBQ sauce note in the second third is incredibly unique as well. The La Nox is a very special cigar, and while I don’t think it’ll be everyone’s cup of tea, it’s certainly mine. If you haven’t tried it yet, I’d highly recommend it. Even if you don’t love the cigar, your wife will love the box.
