danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
Today was one of those rare, warm days in late November. Mostly sunny, a bit windy (I ain't going to argue though), with a definite chance of cigar smoke :grin:. After a crazy day at work I was in definite need of a cigar so I came home, ate some lunch, and rummaged through the humidor. Came up with this...
The Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta Serie robusto. Definitely an eye catching cigar with the light tan Ecuadorian wrapper contrasted by the Criollo wrapper on the head of the cigar. Not oily, but with a slight sheen to it. Nicaraguan filler and binder. Not much of an aroma to the Ecuadorian part, I can barely make out a faint tobacco. The Criollo though, gives off a mild barnyard aroma. Reminds me of a nice Black & Tan.
Scalped the cap and it reveals a draw just a touch on the loose side. It carries a faint, nutty tobacco flavor. Leaves behind a delayed slight pepper tingle.
I had to walk out to the shed to light the cigar due to the wind, but it toasted well enough with a Bic.
Flavors don't initially make themselves present. After a few puffs though, there starts to emerge a mild toasty tobacco flavor. It's not a flavor I'm in love with, but that's my complaint about pretty much every mild cigar I've ever had :dunno:.
Well into the 1/3 and the flavors are really not to my liking. The toasty tobacco flavor is reminding me of slightly burnt toast. At this point I hadn't invested a lot of time so I thought of chucking it and digging around the humidor for something else. The smoke output is great. Burn is a little wonky, but nothing bad.
More of the same though the ambient smoke has a pleasant sweet aroma to it. I don't really enjoy the flavor and am now thinking of what else I have in my humidor. At the same time I'm really wondering about what's going to happen with the flavors when I hit the junction of the two wrappers :dunno:. I decided to give it a little longer.
I removed the band because I was curious about what it looked like underneath. The flavors started to become a little creamier at this point. Also have transitioned from the burnt toast to a cedar nuttiness...almonds I think. Definitely think I can finish this cigar now.
Ash holds strong and is a dirty gray color.
Contemplating the clouds rolling in.
Yep, going to be a stormy evening.
The burn on this cigar has been buggin' me a little bit as one minute it's straight, the next it's wavy. Wish it'd just pick one or the other.
Flavors have remained the same since transitioning to the cedar nuttiness.
Almost there :blob:.
And unfortunately once reaching the Criollo the cigar was hot enough I wasn't getting much flavor so not sure if there was a change or not :hanghead:. Oh well...
Overall not a cigar I would say I'm a fan of. While visually appealing, it lacks the punch and flavors that I like. I especially didn't like the initial flavors and maybe I'd like it a little more if I got the cedar nuttiness right off the bat. Even then though, I found it too one dimensional. If you like mild cigars you may find this an alright cigar, I don't and I didn't :dunno:.
And as I finish typing this review, the Emergency Alert System is cutting into my TV programming to let me know of the impending "severe thunderstorm". Yeah, I know it's storming outside...
Dan
The Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta Serie robusto. Definitely an eye catching cigar with the light tan Ecuadorian wrapper contrasted by the Criollo wrapper on the head of the cigar. Not oily, but with a slight sheen to it. Nicaraguan filler and binder. Not much of an aroma to the Ecuadorian part, I can barely make out a faint tobacco. The Criollo though, gives off a mild barnyard aroma. Reminds me of a nice Black & Tan.
Scalped the cap and it reveals a draw just a touch on the loose side. It carries a faint, nutty tobacco flavor. Leaves behind a delayed slight pepper tingle.
I had to walk out to the shed to light the cigar due to the wind, but it toasted well enough with a Bic.
Flavors don't initially make themselves present. After a few puffs though, there starts to emerge a mild toasty tobacco flavor. It's not a flavor I'm in love with, but that's my complaint about pretty much every mild cigar I've ever had :dunno:.
Well into the 1/3 and the flavors are really not to my liking. The toasty tobacco flavor is reminding me of slightly burnt toast. At this point I hadn't invested a lot of time so I thought of chucking it and digging around the humidor for something else. The smoke output is great. Burn is a little wonky, but nothing bad.
More of the same though the ambient smoke has a pleasant sweet aroma to it. I don't really enjoy the flavor and am now thinking of what else I have in my humidor. At the same time I'm really wondering about what's going to happen with the flavors when I hit the junction of the two wrappers :dunno:. I decided to give it a little longer.
I removed the band because I was curious about what it looked like underneath. The flavors started to become a little creamier at this point. Also have transitioned from the burnt toast to a cedar nuttiness...almonds I think. Definitely think I can finish this cigar now.
Ash holds strong and is a dirty gray color.
Contemplating the clouds rolling in.
Yep, going to be a stormy evening.
The burn on this cigar has been buggin' me a little bit as one minute it's straight, the next it's wavy. Wish it'd just pick one or the other.
Flavors have remained the same since transitioning to the cedar nuttiness.
Almost there :blob:.
And unfortunately once reaching the Criollo the cigar was hot enough I wasn't getting much flavor so not sure if there was a change or not :hanghead:. Oh well...
Overall not a cigar I would say I'm a fan of. While visually appealing, it lacks the punch and flavors that I like. I especially didn't like the initial flavors and maybe I'd like it a little more if I got the cedar nuttiness right off the bat. Even then though, I found it too one dimensional. If you like mild cigars you may find this an alright cigar, I don't and I didn't :dunno:.
And as I finish typing this review, the Emergency Alert System is cutting into my TV programming to let me know of the impending "severe thunderstorm". Yeah, I know it's storming outside...
Dan
