Vegas Robaina Famosos OMR JUL 14: TVR Weekend Review Comp

[fabes]

Beautiful afternoon here with a slight breeze as we kindly welcome fall in my neck of the woods. Was planning on smoking this Famosos for a few weeks now, so what better weekend than this? 

This comes from a lovely box from our host with great looking wrappers and solid construction. I typically tend to like lighter shade wrappers, but find this shade to be very complementary on Vegas Robaina. 

Clipped with a standard cut to see a dimple looking back at me. Draw is excellent with just the right amount of resistence for my preference. The pre-light reveals an earthy grassy aroma like walking in the woods with the early morning fog. 

Here’s where my notes trail off. I ended up enjoying the cigar greatly and didn’t really bother breaking down thirds or evolution or any of that. This cigar has an overwhelming chocolate, cocoa, baker’s cocoa, malty flavor and that’s what I really enjoy about them. It’s much more on the bitter/dark/savory side of chocolate and not the sweeter side. There is also an earthiness like the smell of freshly dampened soil and trees. Kind of a mustiness that is pleasant in that is gives some heft or weightiness to the aroma. Hard to describe, but to me it’s a characteristic that I find in Medium plus cigars. An thickness and weightiness of body in the smoke.

I really enjoy the VR Famosos and would suggest people try them if you haven’t. A fantastic cigar from beginning to end.

[Sean3]

It's always a good thing when a cigar makes you forget what you're doing, just smoke and enjoy the moment.  Very nice review.

[TheMonk]

Good job! It is quite a good stick, often underrated.