Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro - BMP JUN 16 (SMRW)

MrGlass · March 31, 2020

This cigar is from the 2017 Christmas sampler. The double corona in general has always held a very special place in my heart, as they were always my cigar of choice at the monthly social cigar nights that I took place in for the first 10 years of my cigar journey. While I don't get to smoke as many of them now as I used to, they never fail to bring back those fond memories.

This particular cigar was a perfect example with a smooth, oily wrapper and a perfect draw. The cold draw was earthy with cocoa. On lighting, the cigar opened with toasted tobacco which straight away transitioned into an earthy mess of mushrooms and chocolate. Throughout the first third, the mushroom became more pronounced. The cigar really lent itself towards being smoked extremely slowly, and any change from this pace quickly introduced bitter notes.

Going into the middle third, the earthiness came through much stronger, along with chocolate notes that constantly drifted in and out. The final third kept those earthy notes, but chocolate started to become much more pronounced.

Overall, this was an absolutely fantastic cigar, and one of the best cigars I have smoked all year. All throughout this cigar, all I could think of was how disappointing it is that this cigar has been discontinued. Given how time poor everyone is these days, it's not surprising that the double corona has fallen out of favour - this cigar took me 2:40 to complete. But boy did it make for a special afternoon, and I'm glad I took the the time to really let it shine.