AJ Fernandez New World - Dorado Gordito - BOX OF 10

Five and a half inches wide at 60 ring gauge. The Gordito is the shortest and widest vitola in the New World Dorado lineup, and the format where the single-farm filler from the Dorado farm contributes the most per draw of any size in the collection.

The New World Dorado lineup spans four vitolas, each presenting the same single-farm Estelí tobacco at a different ring gauge and length. The Robusto at 5.5 x 52 delivers the blend with the wrapper leading clearly. The Toro at 6 x 54 extends the session and balances wrapper and filler more evenly.

The Figurado at 6 x 56 adds a tapered head for a concentrated opening. The Gordito at 5.5 x 60 is the widest of all four, and in the premium cigar world a 60-ring format always shifts the balance toward the filler.

In the Dorado's case this means the Dorado farm's filler blend, which is primarily leaf from the farm itself with supplemental Condega and Estelí tobacco, has the most proportional volume per draw of any Dorado vitola. The sun-grown Habano wrapper is still active, contributing its distinctive oily character and the maple syrup sweetness that reviewers identify as one of the Dorado's most recognizable qualities, but it is integrated more softly into the draw rather than leading assertively as it does at 52 ring. The Criollo '98 binder's baking spice character, which bridges the wrapper and filler in narrower formats, becomes more prominent here because it occupies more of the smoke column.

The practical case for the Gordito over the Robusto is not development time but smoke character. At 60 ring the smoke is measurably cooler than at 52, which produces a more immediately smooth experience from the first third. Buyers who find sun-grown Habano wrappers occasionally assertive in their pepper delivery on the opening consistently find the wider ring gauge formats more approachable, because the filler's softer leather, caramel, and vanilla notes arrive faster and more prominently. The session runs 60 to 75 minutes despite the shorter length, because the 60 ring gauge burns proportionally slower.

Packaged in the same flat-style individual-slot box of 10 as every Dorado vitola, the Gordito reflects the premium single-farm positioning of the entire line.

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Flavor progression:

1. First third: sun-grown Habano wrapper opens with cocoa and cedar, pepper more integrated at 60 ring than in narrower formats, maple sweetness arriving alongside the smooth Dorado filler
2. Second third: Criollo '98 binder's baking spice takes a more prominent role, leather and vanilla notes from the filler coming forward, espresso deepening
3. Final third: graham cracker, charred wood, leather, the single-farm terroir cohesive to the nub at a cool, smooth burn

Key Features

1. Brand: AJ Fernandez
2. Line: New World Dorado
3. Blender: AJ Fernandez
4. Factory: San Lotano factory, Ocotal, Nicaragua
5. Country of Origin: Nicaragua
6. Concept: Single-farm terroir (Dorado farm, Estelí)
7. Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Sun-Grown (Dorado farm, Estelí)
8. Binder: Nicaraguan Criollo '98 (Dorado farm, Estelí)
9. Filler: Nicaraguan (Dorado farm primarily, with Condega and Estelí supplemental)
10. Construction: Cuban-press (softer box press), handmade
11. Vitola: Gordito
12. Size: 5.5 inches x 60 ring gauge
13. Strength: Medium to Medium-Plus
14. Flavor Profile: Cocoa, cedar, maple sweetness, baking spices, leather, vanilla, caramel, espresso, graham cracker
15. Release: September 2022
16. Box Count: 10 cigars
17. Box Style: Flat-style, individually slotted
18. Price per Cigar: approximately $12.00