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This is rapidly becoming my favorite cigar. With a cream colored wrapper, it delivers a smooth and creamy finish to the palate. With undertones of white pepper and toasted bread, this is a cigar every experienced smoker should try.
The Cohiba Robusto is a highly regarded cigar that is known for its rich flavour and smooth smoking experience. The cigar was first introduced in the late 1980s, and it has since become one of the country's most popular size formats.
The leaves are carefully selected and aged for at least two years to ensure the highest quality. It is made with a blend of three different types of tobacco: the filler is made from a blend of the finest leaves from the Vuelta Abajo region, the binder is made from a leaf from the same region, and the wrapper is made from a high-quality leaf from the Semilla Seco region.
In terms of appearance, the Cohiba Robusto is a stunning little cigar. It has a dark and oily wrapper, with a beautiful triple cap. The cigar is also well-proportioned, with a length of 5 inches and a ring gauge of 50.
The result is a cigar that has a rich and complex flavour, with notes of wood, leather, and spice with some coffee and chocolate undertones. I found the cigar to have a medium to full body, with a smooth and creamy smoke. It was well-constructed, with an even burn and a firm ash.
Overall, I would say it is a must-try for any cigar enthusiast.
This is the prince of Robustos, spicy taste and aroma, it a best choice if you do not know what to chose
Examples from recent boxes 2019-2021 rarely disappoint. Honey, graham, coffee milk and light citrus seem to always hit the spot. Price aside they remain my favorite robusto
471. Cohiba Robustos Aged 2012
2020-04-14/ ANDREDIAS95
Gifted by a friend.
Location: This review was made indoors in Mellgrens Fine Tobacco’s cigar lounge.
Information:
Wrapper: Cuba
Binder: Cuba
Filler: Cuba
Size: 4.8×50, Robusto (Robustos).
Wrapper: Nutty chocolate, oily and smooth with tiny veins.
Construction: Firm even feel when lightly squeezed.
Cold draw: Cedarwood.
1st third: Starts with a medium roasted coffee, cedarwood and nutty note.
2nd third: Keeps it’s previous flavours.
Burn: Burns fairly sharp, with a firm and stable whiteish ash.
Smoke: Medium voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue and a medium light draw.
3rd third: Slight bitter note from the coffee and a note of 70% dark chocolate.
Duration: 18:45-19:45, 1h.
Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile.
Result: In my book this is an 90 point cigar.
/Cigar Reviewer André
It’s a Cohiba Robusto! So it can’t do anything wrong. Like that annoying sibling - whatever new atrocity it commits, everyone coos and clucks over it, ignoring you with your better flavours, easier draw and frankly lower price. That’s how I think other cigars think of the Cohiba Robusto. When I offer cigars around to friends at home, I almost draw a thin pencil line through the names of those who pick the CoRo since it shows the worst of brand consciousness with a lack of taste for anything else in my humidor (of which there are most things so you don’t be that person if the chance arises). I never find them drawing especially well and the burn, about which I care very little, in this case actually does present a problem of re-lighting and ‘touching up’ (a negative connotation regarding cigars and all other things frankly). However, and this is important: The Cohiba Robusto is actually a very nice smoke. It tastes of that lemony honey which Cohiba have made their hallmark and the time taken to smoke it and the flavours and strength you get from it do make it a first class cigar. It is to some extent worth the money in the same way that a bottle of Mouton Rothschild is worth it - you do feel whilst smoking it and when you finish it that you have achieved something - You have just smoked a Cohiba (a small one yes) and it was good. Simply though it does not represent that ever yearned for concept of ‘value’. Have you really thought about it before smoking it or are you just smoking it for what it represents. In some ways I subscribe to the concept of a Veblen Good where the more it costs the better it is (women’s shoes for example or private education) but I have tried hard to shake this sentiment off and always attempt to make rational choices. I am torn here. So do I have several cabinets on my humidor, yes and do I smoke then from time to time yes - especially when I need cheering up, because as the lady on the TV says: “I’m worth it”…
Ranger1589
Very interesting and good review. I first thought the Cohiba Robusto had a tight draw and didn't care for it as much. Then I put some in the humidor for about 6 months; since that time I have really enjoyed the flavors and quality of the Robusto, so much so I bought another 25.
1 year ago