Feb24 Reverse Blind Cigar - Robusto

[ayedfy]

Mystery robusto. Unsure of year but presume it to be young.

 

Opening third: citrus acidity coming in hot - blood orange, even lemon zest. After the first hit it starts to round out; there’s a moment of worn leather, then a steady sourdough bread note that tempers the citrus without subsuming it entirely. Body is definitely on the light side. Draw is very easy with a hefty amount of smoke production.

 

Middle third: “toasted tobacco” always feels like the biggest cop-out in a cigar review, but it’s not doing a whole lot else so I’m sticking to it. This is a Toasted Tobacco Third, leave your complaints in the comments. There is some leather that eases back in while the sourdough and citrus fall back. I worried it was burning too hot because of the draw so I slowed down, but no improvement in flavour when cooled.

 

Final third: a bit of creaminess now I suppose? Low fat milk frothed to make a latte. No coffee though (a babycino?). More leather, toasted oak. That’s all she wrote. Now might be a good time to mention there’s a pleasant barnyard aroma coming off this which is probably the most enjoyable aspect of it. I wish I was sitting next to somebody else smoking this.

 

I have fond memories going through a number of these particularly in my earliest cigar smoking days, but it’s been a long while since I’ve had anything from this marca. Don’t remember ever having anything bad from them, but I guess there’s a first time for everything. Inoffensive but way too boring. If I was charitable I’d give it leeway for being young, but I’ve had plenty of these young that were good and this isn’t known (to me at least) for being a cigar you need to wait on.

 

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

 

60/100

[BenW]

RASS maybe

[MagicalBikeRide]

Quintero favorito

[Tunkat92]

JL2

[david9985]

Monte Edmundo 

[Capn_Jackson]

JL2

[Pmo13]

Monte Edmundo

[eaglebear29]

JL2


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[ChangBang]

Rass

[ayedfy]

Nobody guessed this one correctly - would you believe it was an HdM Epi 2!

[MagicalBikeRide]

Sounded like a stinker. Hope any others you have smoke better. After a couple year hiatus, I’ve been enjoying them again in recent years.