Reserva MiraFlor Robusto

Appearance: 8
Construction: 8.5
Draw: 8
Burn: 7.5
Overall 8 out of 10

I was asked by my local (and bestest) B&M Azon Cigars to review this cigar. Mike (the owner of Azon) was IMing with Andy Madera (the owner of Reserva MiraFlor) while I was smoking it and giving him my puff-by-puff commentary. Its not everyday that you smoke a cigar with the factory owner "watching".

Attractive looking cigar, smooth with no cracks or splits. The only thing in the appearance I didn't care for was the band. I am a big fan of cigar bands and this one did nothing for me.

Excuse the cell phone photos please. I wasn't expecting to review a cigar, so I was a bit ill prepared.

Cut cleanly, draw was very good. Lit up easily via the Da Klugs method.

First half-inch smacked me in the mouth with black-pepper, which I really dont care for. After that half inch the cigar mellowed out and the black pepper really faded. Andy was expecting the pepper flavor for the first bit.

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I knocked the ash off shortly after this point to prevent ashing on the table, shortly after which Mike relayed a message from Andy telling me not to tap off the ash. So I waited to let the next portion fall.
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You can see from the ash that the stick is constructed very well. Nice pancake stack or biscuit layer ash. Shortly after this I did end up ashing all over the table.
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Burn wasnt what I would call razor sharp... it did have some un-evenness, which tended to work its way out by rotating it... I dont remember touching this stick up once.
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Didnt smoke much past this point because the final third made a nasty turn. I really didnt like the flavor I was getting out of it, so I put it down shortly after this last pic.

Over all impressions of this cigar, decent. Would I buy this cigar, No... only because I dont care for the pepper flavor.

Would I recommend this cigar to somebody who like Pepin sticks, Yes, as long as it was priced right. I would say if this was priced at around $5 then it might be worth a try for the Pepin lover.
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Thanks for the review Moe! You're lucky I was sick! :-)
Kiss ass... :-)
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Trying to butter him up for Friday's HERF!!! :-):-)
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Won't work. :-)
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I have a few samples left, if anyone else wants to try and review it. :-)
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I can recommend this cigar, I loved it (well, the Churchill that I smoked).
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Ferdinand gave me two to try at the last herf I attended, smoked both the robusto and the churchill and liked them both very much, if you like NC's, its worth giving them a shot.
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Thanks for the review and great pictures.
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I've smoked just about every size now.....twice....

I like it VERY much!
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Love those MiraFlor's. Hmmm Hmmm Hmmmm


Superb review Moe! :-)
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I really like these cigars :-)
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Great review, Moe. :-)
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Pick me? :-)
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I'd love to try them. I PMed Andy about the availabilty of 5ers/samplers, but haven't heard back.
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I haven't smoked any NCs in a long while, i'd give it a go :-)

Nice review!
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guys....just do a search for "Miraflor"...there are reviews of Andy's cigars already here on CA!!!
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