danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
Last night the family got together with Frank and his family for dinner. Afterwards we took the kiddos down the street to play at a local school playground. Twas a beautiful evening, especially considering the oppressive heat the last few weeks, and Frank and I took the opportunity to light up a cigar. I grabbed a PDR Habano Sun Grown Robusto to smoke, intending that should something happen where I couldn't finish that I wouldn't be too disgruntled about it.
Pinar del Rio is a company you don't often hear much about, but has some damn good stuff. They're probably most known around here for doing the 2010 BOTL Small Batch cigar. The Sun Grown is comprised of a Nicaraguan/Dominican filler, a Criollo 98 binder grown in the Dominican Republic, and a Habano Sun Grown wrapper grown in the Dominican Republic. The Robusto is a typical 5 x 50. When I pulled the cello off the cigar I was met with a rich tobacco aroma. The wrapper is a slightly mottled medium to dark brown color and the seams are tight. Feels well packed and not much give when pinched. Punched, torched, and away we went...
Initial flavors were a cedary tobacco with some sweet creaminess to it. It pretty much made me do a double take as I hadn't expected it to be quite this good. The cedary tobacco was joined in short order by a slight leather on the finish.
The burn was progressing nicely with a vibrant, white ash and a nice straight burn line. The ash was holding for 1-2 inches at a time.
By the middle of the cigar there was a floral-like aroma through the nose. Almost fruity at times. The cedar had died down to leave a creamy, slightly sweet tobacco flavor with a little leather on the finish. The burn was still straight and the ash was still layering nicely. My plan for bringing a cigar I wouldn't mind putting down backfired, this one is good :thumbsup:.
In the last third the cigar upped the strength a little, but even then this is a solid medium (maybe slightly med-full at the end depending on your tolerances) body, full flavor cigar. The flavors remained pretty consistent to the end, but muddled a bit at the nub. Overall very happy with my choice...
I was very surprised by this cigar. I hadn't expected it to be bad, but I hadn't really expected it to be excellent either. I don't know why as I love both the BOTL cigar they did and the 1878 Capa Maduro. I have had the Oscuro wrapper in this line and it was only okay so that is probably why. With the price point on these (about $5.00) I think they're a good value also. Though I wish I'd stocked up back when they were blowing out the old stock on CI :hanghead:.
Dan
Pinar del Rio is a company you don't often hear much about, but has some damn good stuff. They're probably most known around here for doing the 2010 BOTL Small Batch cigar. The Sun Grown is comprised of a Nicaraguan/Dominican filler, a Criollo 98 binder grown in the Dominican Republic, and a Habano Sun Grown wrapper grown in the Dominican Republic. The Robusto is a typical 5 x 50. When I pulled the cello off the cigar I was met with a rich tobacco aroma. The wrapper is a slightly mottled medium to dark brown color and the seams are tight. Feels well packed and not much give when pinched. Punched, torched, and away we went...
Initial flavors were a cedary tobacco with some sweet creaminess to it. It pretty much made me do a double take as I hadn't expected it to be quite this good. The cedary tobacco was joined in short order by a slight leather on the finish.
The burn was progressing nicely with a vibrant, white ash and a nice straight burn line. The ash was holding for 1-2 inches at a time.
By the middle of the cigar there was a floral-like aroma through the nose. Almost fruity at times. The cedar had died down to leave a creamy, slightly sweet tobacco flavor with a little leather on the finish. The burn was still straight and the ash was still layering nicely. My plan for bringing a cigar I wouldn't mind putting down backfired, this one is good :thumbsup:.
In the last third the cigar upped the strength a little, but even then this is a solid medium (maybe slightly med-full at the end depending on your tolerances) body, full flavor cigar. The flavors remained pretty consistent to the end, but muddled a bit at the nub. Overall very happy with my choice...
I was very surprised by this cigar. I hadn't expected it to be bad, but I hadn't really expected it to be excellent either. I don't know why as I love both the BOTL cigar they did and the 1878 Capa Maduro. I have had the Oscuro wrapper in this line and it was only okay so that is probably why. With the price point on these (about $5.00) I think they're a good value also. Though I wish I'd stocked up back when they were blowing out the old stock on CI :hanghead:.
Dan
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