Sumo Short Robusto, 4" x 58 ring gauge / MSRP $5
"If you build a better mousetrap..." and all...that same philosophy apparently applies to new and interesting cigar sizes, because something tells me I've seen this story before. It's True! It seems Guillermo Leon has fallen in love with this size...this is the first I can remember seeing it in a La Aurora product, but the note I got with it says "He is introducing it everywhere." If it truly delivers on the flavor proposition, I really do not care where the inspiration for the size came from. The 1495 features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, a Dominican Corojo binder, and fillers from Peru, the DR, and Nicaragua. I received this sample along with some other "new release" samples from Miami Cigar and Company.
The wrapper was oily and appealing to the eye, the construction looked to be first-rate, and the band was...well, it was the same band on the other 1495 cigars, but it looks much bigger here...I figured it would probably be coming off within 10 minutes of firing up this stogie. I got notes of leather and hay on the wrapper, earth and more leather on the foot. The cold draw was as good as you should expect from a large ring cigar like this and I got natural tobacco and leather flavors mostly, along with a touch of pepper spice on the lips.
While lighting I got a sweet maple syrup note, and the maple part lingered after I got the cigar going, but it was no longer all that sweet or syrupy...more of a wood note. There was also that same pepper spice from prelight and...surprise...leather. The Sumo Short Robusto burned slowly and evenly...I didn't have to remove the band for at least half an hour...and continued to give up woody and leathery notes mostly. Not a bad smoke for a mid-day break, especially on a cool, cloudy afternoon on the porch.
"If you build a better mousetrap..." and all...that same philosophy apparently applies to new and interesting cigar sizes, because something tells me I've seen this story before. It's True! It seems Guillermo Leon has fallen in love with this size...this is the first I can remember seeing it in a La Aurora product, but the note I got with it says "He is introducing it everywhere." If it truly delivers on the flavor proposition, I really do not care where the inspiration for the size came from. The 1495 features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, a Dominican Corojo binder, and fillers from Peru, the DR, and Nicaragua. I received this sample along with some other "new release" samples from Miami Cigar and Company.
The wrapper was oily and appealing to the eye, the construction looked to be first-rate, and the band was...well, it was the same band on the other 1495 cigars, but it looks much bigger here...I figured it would probably be coming off within 10 minutes of firing up this stogie. I got notes of leather and hay on the wrapper, earth and more leather on the foot. The cold draw was as good as you should expect from a large ring cigar like this and I got natural tobacco and leather flavors mostly, along with a touch of pepper spice on the lips.
While lighting I got a sweet maple syrup note, and the maple part lingered after I got the cigar going, but it was no longer all that sweet or syrupy...more of a wood note. There was also that same pepper spice from prelight and...surprise...leather. The Sumo Short Robusto burned slowly and evenly...I didn't have to remove the band for at least half an hour...and continued to give up woody and leathery notes mostly. Not a bad smoke for a mid-day break, especially on a cool, cloudy afternoon on the porch.
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