Cohiba Robusto

[Colt45]

Purchased as singles - no codes, but can't be younger than some time in '05

An unseasonably warm, and finally sunny, day, I grabbed my last sample.

Construction: looked great, felt right.

Wrapper: deep caramel in color. very finely toothed with a lustrous sheen.

Draw: just on the tight side of perfect. Good smoke volume. As it heated up,

smoke volume increased dramatically - draw a non issue.

Taste: started with a burst of salty spice. This subsided quickly, and it settled into a

very nice flavor of creamy toffee. On the medium side of light in body at this point.

There were light hints of cherry that came and went, with some anise on the finish.

Some supple leather, and light hints of Cohiba grassiness.

Fully halfway in, body becomes near full, but not strong or harsh. Supple leather

becomes a bit more prominent, but initial flavors, including dry honey and chocolate

remain the core.

Throughout the duration, this was so smooth. So well balanced. So well integrated.

These get better with time? Whew! I'm envious of those sitting on aged examples.

A true superstar in the making. 95 points.

[SmokinLightning]

Agreed... I've smoked maybe a dozen of these over the last year, and everyone has been fantastic!

Need to order a couple more boxes of these!

[Mel]

» Purchased as singles - no codes, but can't be younger than some time in

» '05

»

»What kind of a bloke buys these as singles????;-) CoRos travel in groups of 25. Nice review mate I love these things no matter what box or date code.

[jadawin]

I smoked one of these last night, also a single from Rob without any box codes, but im guessing 05s by the taste of it. Great smoke, and i agree with most of your tasting notes. It worked really well with the massive amount of Cognac i consumed last night too:-D

[Colt45]

» »What kind of a bloke buys these as singles????

Yeah!! Only an idiot woul...... hey, wait a minute....

[El Presidente]

Nice review Ross.

I have had that same cigar...same flavours...so many times over the past 8 months that it has catapaulted the Cohiba Robusto to my personal current top 3.

[WOXOF]

» Nice review Ross.

»

» I have had that same cigar...same flavours...so many times over the past 8

» months that it has catapaulted the Cohiba Robusto to my personal current

» top 3.

I have one of these resting that was gifted to me. You guys are making it very hard for me to ignore it. Nice review, thanks.