{"id":352,"date":"2012-08-06T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2019-10-15T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T18:11:54","slug":"352","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/352\/","title":{"rendered":"Cigar Review: Xikar HC Criollo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Wrapper:<\/strong> Shade grown Criollo \u2013 Nicaragua<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Binder:<\/strong> Sun grown Criollo \u2013 Nicaragua<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Filler:<\/strong> Honduras, Nicaragua<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Size:<\/strong> Belicoso\u00a0 6 x 52<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Body:\u00a0 <\/strong>Medium\/Full<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Price:<\/strong> $125.84 for box of 21 ~ $38.03 for 5 Pack<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;\">Written by Katmancross<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hcbox1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hcbox1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Rated 91 by Cigar Aficionado<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/Cigars\/Xikar\/Xikar-HC-Criollo-Toro.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Xikar HC Criollo<\/span> <\/a>cigar is handmade at the Nestor Plasencia factory. The four-vitola Criollo line features a two-country filler blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos along with a sun-grown Criollo binder and a five-year-old Nicaraguan shade-grown Criollo wrapper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I did the sniff-o-rama and could smell a faint cocoa and dried fruit aroma in the pre light. And a very rich chocolate on the foot<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The cigar is packed a little too tightly at the top \u00a0so I grab my cigar ice pick&#8230;but use it very carefully as not to crack the wrapper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The stick is very firm. No soft spots and yet it had a perfect draw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc1a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc1a.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc1a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Upon light up, I got a blast of spice, but also, the cocoa was ruminating in my mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The first third develops an earthy, nutty, creamy group of flavors with a spicy pepper and baking spice finish. It\u2019s full flavored and medium body in strength. I smiled like the Cheshire Cat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">As I continued to smoke it down, the profile changed a little, in terms of flavor. The earthiness was still present.\u00a0 But a sweetness, that was somewhere between mocha and caramel, became apparent.\u00a0 The caramel side was very prominent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The spiciness held its own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc2.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc4a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc4a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc4a.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc4a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">During the last third, the cigar transitioned into a very complex cigar. All that creaminess, and cocoa, just a hint of coffee, and the peppery zing was a wonderful combination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I smoked it to the nub. It had no harshness or nicotine bitterness or buzz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc5a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc5a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc5a.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hc5a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Wrapper: Shade grown Criollo \u2013 NicaraguaBinder: Sun grown Criollo \u2013 NicaraguaFiller: Honduras, NicaraguaSize: Belicoso\u00a0 6 x 52Body:\u00a0 Medium\/FullPrice: $125.84 for box of 21 ~ $38.03 for 5 Pack Written by Katmancross Rated 91 by Cigar Aficionado Each Xikar HC Criollo cigar is handmade at the Nestor Plasencia factory. The four-vitola Criollo line features a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/352\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cigar Review: Xikar HC Criollo<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cigar-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cigar Review: Xikar HC Criollo - The Cigar Store<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/352\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cigar Review: Xikar HC Criollo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Wrapper: Shade grown Criollo \u2013 NicaraguaBinder: Sun grown Criollo \u2013 NicaraguaFiller: Honduras, NicaraguaSize: Belicoso\u00a0 6 x 52Body:\u00a0 Medium\/FullPrice: $125.84 for box of 21 ~ $38.03 for 5 Pack Written by Katmancross Rated 91 by Cigar Aficionado Each Xikar HC Criollo cigar is handmade at the Nestor Plasencia factory. 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