{"id":684,"date":"2011-03-29T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/?p=684"},"modified":"2023-01-28T01:52:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T05:52:33","slug":"la-aurora-preferidos-ruby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/la-aurora-preferidos-ruby\/","title":{"rendered":"La Aurora Preferidos &#8216;Ruby&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">- click on photographs - <\/span><\/em><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This weeks we are departing from boutique space and diving into classical cigar realm &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laaurora.com.do\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Aurora<\/a>. In the hopper is one of Aurora&#8217;s special edition preferidos &#8211; a Brazilian Sun Grown covered &#8216;Ruby.&#8217; Preferido, the cigar that paved the way for manufacturing in Dominican Republic back in 1903, is a perfecto shape vitola which expands to a thick center in the middle. In addition to visually pleasing shape and sweetness off the wrapper, the Special Edition red-jet metal tube adds another dimension to the product. From photographer&#8217;s perspective, I was really looking forward to incorporating the color, shape and finish of the metal tube into the &#8216;set.&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Holding 5\/54 La Aurora Preferidos makes me want to see <a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/liga-privada-t52-flying-pig\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Liga Privada Flying Pig<\/a> in the same vitola. That would be a pleasure to hold and smoke, wouldn&#8217;t it ? The &#8216;<em>Ruby<\/em>&#8216; itself is very well compacted and covered with extremely toothy wrapper. One visible vein with otherwise well blended seams. Initial few puffs produced extreme amount of smoke &#8211; thumbs up ! In flavor department, delicious sweetness mixed with wood and characteristics of\u00a0leather. Throughout the cigar, and especially through retrohale and toward the end, fair amount of spice. Thick and razor sharp burn line, light grey and tight ash scored high in construction department. All around great experience, great cigar and stand up company.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">From photographer&#8217;s perspective, as stated above, this was nothing but a pleasure. In the spirit of thinking &#8216;<em>outside of the box<\/em>&#8216;, I went little extreme and\u00a0incorporated snow (* yes, we still have snow) into the shoot. Sun rays immediately melted the snow and left\u00a0spontaneously positioned water drops &#8211;\u00a0bulls-eye.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Once again, got this cigar at my B&amp;M shop &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubenssmokestack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben&#8217;s Smoke Stack<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Country of Origin: Dominican Republic<br \/>\nWrapper: Brazilian Sun Grown<br \/>\nBinder: Dominican<br \/>\nFiller: Dominican<br \/>\nLength: 5&#8243;<br \/>\nRing: 54<\/span><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Construction &gt; Great<br \/>\nBurn &gt; Great<br \/>\nEnjoy &gt; Yes<br \/>\nRecommend &gt; Yes<br \/>\nBuy &gt; Yes <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8525.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[684]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-692\" title=\"La Aurora Preferidos 'Ruby' (EXIF: Nikon D3 : 105mm f\/2.8)\" src=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8525-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8525-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8525-49x75.jpg 49w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8525.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8542.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[684]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-693\" title=\"La Aurora Preferidos 'Ruby' (EXIF: Nikon D3 : 105mm f\/2.8)\" src=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8542-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8542-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8542-49x75.jpg 49w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8542.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8557.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[684]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-694\" title=\"La Aurora Preferidos 'Ruby' (EXIF: Nikon D3 : 105mm f\/2.8)\" src=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8557.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8557-75x49.jpg 75w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8557-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8580.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[684]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-695\" title=\"La Aurora Preferidos 'Ruby' (EXIF: Nikon D3 : 105mm f\/2.8)\" src=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8580-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8580-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8580-49x75.jpg 49w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8580.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[684]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-698\" title=\"La Aurora Preferidos 'Ruby' (EXIF: iphone f\/2.8)\" src=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby_2-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby_2-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby_2-49x75.jpg 49w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby_2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8700-Edit.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[684]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-696\" title=\"La Aurora Preferidos 'Ruby' (EXIF: Nikon D3 : 105mm f\/2.8)\" src=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8700-Edit-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8700-Edit-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8700-Edit-49x75.jpg 49w, https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_8700-Edit.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[684]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-697\" title=\"La Aurora Preferidos 'Ruby' (EXIF: iphone f\/2.8)\" src=\"http:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby-1-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigarphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/laaurora_ruby-1-266x400.jpg 266w, 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