Produced in Honduras at Tabacos de Oriente, the Flor de Selva Maduro features a Honduran Habano Maduro wrapper over a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper and a filler consisting of all Honduran tobaccos. One difference between the Grand Pressé compared to the rest of the Flor de Selva Maduro line is that the Grand Pressé is presented in ten-count boxes as opposed to 20-count boxes.

The Flor de Selva Maduro Grand Pressé started out with mocha, earth, cherry and white pepper. The mocha notes were a fusion of chocolate and coffee. Early on the mocha and earth notes moved to he forefront. The cherry and pepper settled in the background. There was also an additional layer of black and white pepper on the retro-hale. Throughout the first third, the coffee and chocolate components varied in intensity. The cherry notes moved between the forefront and background. By the second half, the pepper joined the mocha in the forefront. The earth and cherry notes settled in the background. The pepper notes had some harshness in the final stages.

In terms of strength and body, the Flor de Selva Maduro Grand Pressé started out medium. The strength increased linearly moving to the medium to full in the second third, and hitting the full level by the last third. The body started out medium and increased linearly at a slower rate – moving to medium to full in the second half.

The draw to this cigar was more open than I prefer. The burn wasn’t what I expected it to be. It was somewhat of a battle to keep the burn line and burn path straight.