E.P. Carrillo Allegiance Wingman
Imagine this: a romantic evening, a few glasses of wine. After a pleasantly restless night, you open your eyes. On a terrace in the old town, bathed in the amber light of the morning sun, the smell of hot coffee and scrambled eggs awakens your taste buds. Your cheeks slightly flushed from the previous night's revelry, the crackle of an E.P. Carrillo Allegiance cigar plunges you into your paradoxical thoughts. Duty of allegiance, rebellious pleasure, ardent desire?
Let us forget these guilty thoughts and allow ourselves to be carried away by these notes of chocolate, nougatine and almonds that fill the palate with a light breeze of luxury.
The Allegiance is composed of an 8th fermentation Sumatra wrapper from the Quevedo region of Ecuador, combined with a Nicaraguan binder and filler.
Tasting notes
We enjoyed this cigar with great devotion. It had a very airy draw at first: we recommend punching it first and then giving it a clean cut afterwards.
With this cigar, you will experience 50 shades of chocolate. A slightly creamy hot chocolate in the first third, then it gradually builds in strength, developing aromas of nuts and nougatine. In the last third, a slight bitterness of roasted cocoa is complemented by aromas of cedar and wood (sandalwood type).
Pairing
A caramel and salted butter crêpe with whipped cream, or simply a croissant. For us, a morning cigar that will pleasantly linger into the start of the day.
Momentum
On a terrace in the old town, bathed in the amber light of the morning sun, the smell of hot coffee and scrambled eggs
Cigar anecdote
In January 2024, Cigar Journal awarded the title of Top New Cigar of the Year 2023 to the E.P. Carrillo Allegiance Confidant.