Description

The El Septimo France Bordeaux Chateau Zaya Gordo epitomises vinous grandeur from the Culinary Arts Collection, honouring Zaya Younan’s illustrious Bordeaux vineyards. Handcrafted in Costa Rica with five-year-aged tobacco—two varieties steeped in noble Bordeaux barrels—this medium-to-full-bodied Gordo vitola measures precisely 6 inches by a formidable 60 ring gauge. It unveils a lustrous undisclosed wrapper over an Ecuadorian Habano 2000 binder, enfolding elite Dominican, Ecuadorian, Nicaraguan, and Brazilian long-fillers for symphonic opulence. Ignition unleashes a peerless draw and razor-even burn across its commanding 70-minute odyssey. The first third surges with vinous blackcurrant and dark cherry, laced with bold espresso, polished cedar, and subtle graphite earth. Midway, supple leather deepens alongside cracked pepper, roasted nuts, dark chocolate truffle, and aristocratic tannic structure, yielding voluminous smoke with a mesmerising retrohale. The expansive finale crescendos with refined spice, lingering plum compote, and regal tobacco nectar through aromatic clouds crowned by an unassailable silvery ash monolith. This Chateau Zaya masterpiece demands meticulous humidor storage at 65–70% humidity. Ideal for majestic evenings with grand cru Bordeaux, vintage cognac, or double ristretto, it masterfully fuses puissance, vinous elegance, and layered profundity for the most exalted connoisseurs. A sovereign achievement of El Septimo’s vision, the Gordo unfurls transcendent realms with every deliberate draw.