Today we offer the Stogie Press Rough Cut cigar review notes on the Alec Bradley Sanctum. I received samples of the Sanctum from Alec Bradley at the 2015 IPCPR
The Alec Bradley Sanctum blend is described as follows:
- Wrapper: Honduran corojo
- Binder: Costa Rica
- Filler: Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua
According to the Alec Bradley Website:
“The Costa Rican binder has great body, while the Colombian tobaccos add to the great aroma. Combine these tobaccos with those from select regions in Honduras and Nicaragua, and you’ll savor a four country blend that is as complex as it is unique..”
The Alec Bradley Sanctum is available in four vitolas:
- Robusto – 5 x 52
- Toro – 6 x 52
- Gordo – 6 x 60
- Double Gordo – 8 1/2 x 60
For this review, I sampled the Alec Bradley Sanctum Robusto.
Cigar Review Notes
- Medium brown wrapper with a few prominent veins
- Triple cap finished
- Delectable sweet chocolate aroma off the foot
- Double banded with black “under-band” displaying the Alec Bradley logo
- Raison fruit cold draw
- Upon Ignition – Touch of earth and slight red pepper
- Rich espresso notes with a creamy smoke
- Dried fruit touch of citrus enters end of 1st third
- No significant pepper on retro hale
- Floral aroma wafting off the foot
- Solid salt and pepper ash with a fairly even burn line
- Touch of cedar blending with the citrus tang
- Lip smacking fruit is coming front and center and quite tasty
- Decent burn cone
- Ultra smooth flavorful smoke at second half – after band removed
- Touch of nut and cinnamon enters
- Cedar re-emerged at the end of second third
- Fruit is diminished but the spice increases
- High Volume of smoke production
- Finishes with a buttery nut flavor down to the nub
Alec Bradley Sanctum