Super Robusto, 5" x 54 ring gauge / $8.99, Maxamar's
The owner of my regular shop likes Paul Garmirian cigars so he brought their latest release into the store recently. Unfortunately there isn't much info on this blend on the internet at the moment. The only thing I can find is that is a stronger bodied cigar and it comes in three sizes, toro; robusto; and the subject of this review the super robusto. I smoked three of these for this review.
The first thing I noticed about this cigar is the wrapper. It is dark, thick and oily, not something you usually see on a PG cigar. There are medium veins as well. Personally I think that most PG cigar bands are a little plain and to me this one comes off cheezy. Putting the cigar to my nose I get the intense aroma of barnyard from both the wrapper and foot. After clipping it and taking a cold draw on it I get the taste of molasses and chocolate with a bit of spice and a great draw.
Once I light the cigar up I get a fairly strong spice along with some chocolate and leather. The retrohale is very spicy and almost reminds me of wasabi. Taking a few more puffs on it I get a slight saltiness and the taste of cinnamon. The draw is perfect and it produces a lot of smoke. The burn was slightly wavy. The ash was quite flaky and needed to be tapped off after about a half an inch. I would say the cigar is medium to full bodied and strength at this point.
As I got into the second third the spice toned down a bit. The flavors of earth, leather with a slight amount of chocolate with a sweet finish were the main flavors of this third. The burn was still slightly wavy and needed to be touched up a bit. The draw continued to be perfect.
The final third saw this cigar finish off strong. The spice started to come back and I started to get a slight nicotine hit as well. The were pretty consistent in that they were of earth, leather and a slight amount of cinnamon.
Overall this was a very enjoyable cigar! I would recommend it to anyone out there, except people sensitive to a slight nicotine hit. I do wish the ash was a little less flaky and the price was slightly lower though.
Body: 7/10
Strength: 8/10
Complexity: 7/10
AFP Scale
Prelight: 2/2
Construction: 1.5/2
Flavor: 4/5
Value: .5/1
Total: 8/10
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