La Galera Cigars / Indianhead Cigars
Seek and Select (Vintage 2016), Black Bag Job by La Galera Cigars / Indianhead Cigars

Vitola: Sir (Torpedo)
Length: 6.25
Gauge: 52

 Wrapper: Dominican Corojo
Binder: NA
Filler: NA
Blender/Creator: José “Jochy” Blanco
Factory: Tabacalera Palma
Country: Dominican Republic		 Purchase Source: Sellwood Cigar
Date Purchased: June 1, 2020
Price: 3/$19.99
Date Smoked: November 1, 2021

Seek and Select (Vintage 2016), Black Bag Job by La Galera Cigars / Indianhead Cigars

11/01/2021
COVID-19 Day 590
Black Bag Job 3-Pack Sampler, Black Bag Job Sampler, Dominican Republic, Indianhead Cigars, José “Jochy” Blanco, Seek and Select, Tabacalera Palma, Vintage 2016 Through a perfect draw from this already aged seek and select come toasty natural tobacco flavors delivering mild coffee and leather with a nice soft rounded retrohale

The draw remains flawless as I progress with this specimen of the Seek and Select (Vintage 2016), Black Bag Job, delivering mouthfuls of lusciously creamy flavor laden smoke of earthy dark rich coffee, cedar, and malty chocolate. This full-bodied Nicaraguan Puro offers plenty of complex curiously subtle nuanced tobacco flavors.

I think some of those subtle tobacco flavors might be lost on a beginning cigar smoker…

Stay Smoky
Stay Chill

01/30/2021
COVID-19 Day 314:

07/10/2020
Black Bag Job 3-Pack Sampler, Black Bag Job Sampler, Dominican Republic, Indianhead Cigars, José “Jochy” Blanco, Seek and Select, Tabacalera Palma, Vintage 2016 Today was my first time with the “Seek and Select” from La Galera Cigars and I think it’s a keeper! I can’t wait to smoke the other two!

First, I was forewarned about the delicate Dominican Corojo wrapper so I was prepared with amply wetted lips to avoid any tearing… and, it was wonderful!

I am definitely on the lookout for when these are “officially” released… these were from a special promotion from Indianhead Cigars and the La Galera cigar brands in the “The Black Bag Job”… Only 50 of these were distributed locally. SellwoodCigar was one of 25 retailers selected to participate nationally.

This sampler contains three vintage cigars from Jochy Blanco’s library of blends, none of which have been released previously… no specifics of the cigars have been released yet… the average age of the cigars in the sampler are around six years.

So, I heard from the grapevine that the “Seek and Select” cigar will be the first to be released in 5-Packs… I’ve already reserved mine!

Stay Smoky
Stay Chill

The Experience

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The Cigar

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