These Pinar del Rio cigars own their name to the year 1878 when the Cuban government created the provinces, and thereby creating the province Pinar del Rio, what is now known as the best tobacco growing region of the world. The cigars are made from Nicaraguan and Dominican filler with a dark Brazilian wrapper. I smoked the 5x50 robusto.
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The wrapper is oily and dark with some thin veins and the weirdest looking pigtail I have ever seen. The cigar has a tasteful double band and a mild smell of straw and barnyard. The construction feels good, and so does the predraw. I taste raisin with pepper.
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I taste coffee and pepper with far away on the background some maduro sweetness/chocolate which slowly becomes a bit stronger. The coffee morphs into wood after a quarter of an inch. After half an inch the pepper loses a lot of its power, the wood becomes dominant with pepper and chocolate on the background.
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After a third I taste wood with a tiny bit of pepper. The sweet chocolate flavor has disappeared. After two thirds I taste cedar with a lot of pepper again. The last few puffs are black pepper only.
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This cigar lasted me an hour and twenty-five minutes. I got a lot of thick smoke. The draw was good and the ash is frayed, salt & pepper colored but very firm. This cigar is full flavored and full bodied.
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Would I buy this cigar again? Yeah, I see a box of these in the near future
Appearance: 9 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Burn: 8 / 10
Smoke & ash: 8 / 10
Aroma first part: 8 / 10
Aroma second part: 8 / 10
Aroma third part: 8 / 10
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