Litto Gomez, the man behind La Flor Dominicana has recently released the Air Bender line of cigars.  They get the name from the classic Kung Foo movies and the warriors.  It is known that these ancient warriors could “bend the air”, thus the name behind them.  Each Vitola gets it’s name from  Ancient warriors, and characters of these classical movies.  I read somewhere that Litto mentioned this is not a sissy cigar.  It comes in four different sizes:  Matatan-(5″ X 50), Maestro-(5.5″ X 52), Guerrero-(6.25″ X 54), and the Voliente-(6.25″ X 60).   From what I have read this is the same wrapper found on the Salomon, and the LFD Corona Habano.   I found a retailer out of Chicago which carried these, and with me being a LFD horder, I had to try these out. 

Size:   Maestro (5.5″ X 52)

Wrapper:   Ecuadorian Habano

Binder:  Dominican

Filler:  Dominican (Piloto Cubano, Sumatra seed, and Corojo)

Strength:  Full

Wrapper:   This is one of the most beautiful wrappers I have ever seen on a cigar.  It was very smooth, no veins, medium oil, and had a nice sheen to it.  Medium to dark brown. 
Construction:   It is a very solid and dense smoke.  It had some weight to it.  Not a single soft spot in this cigar to be found.  You could see the straight line from the cap to the foot, from where it was in the press, and it showed through the wrapper.  There were many different shades of tobacco visible at the foot. 

Draw/Burn:   I figured the draw would be tight due to the firmness of the cigar before cutting the cap, but it was just about perfect from start to finish.  The burn was very good, I’d give it a 9/10 for the burn factor.  I think I touched it up once or twice, but nothing major.

First 3rd:   When I lit this up, I got hammered with raw strength.  I could tell from the first few puffs it was going to be a powerhouse of a cigar.  I got lots of earthyness out of it in the first inch or two.  There was a black peppery spicyness in the back of my throat, but not strong on the tongue.  There was some roasted nuts, and caramel, with a “dry” leather flavor also.  The first two inches meant business!

Second 3rd:   About two and a half inches in, it turned into a med-full from a very full cigar.  The spice mellowed out, the caramel went away, and It was just strong tobacco.  Just when I thought it was going to drop off in the flavor department, it engaged the good flavors again, just before the 4-5 inch range. 

Last 3rd:   The last third seemed to mellow back out just a touch.  It was putting off lots of leather and caramelized sugar.  However, the strength kinds headed towards medium again. 

Final Thoughts:   Litto came through again with a solid, strong cigar, with tons of strength, and a smoothness we all appreciate.  It seems there is a lot of ligero in there, It reminded me of a cross between the Double Ligero Chisel, and the Cain F.  Take the good things from those two and make a hybrid from them and this is what you get.  I picked up a sampler of these and can’t wait to try another once they have been sitting for a few months.  This is definitely a cigar you want to try if you love a full strength and full flavor cigar. 
Review by: John B.

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