Cigar Review: Bravo Columbian Gold Torpedo

Okay, here is a new cigar to me, and its claim to fame, so far, is that it’s 100% Columbian tobacco.  The tobacco put into this cigar is varied coming from Ecuadorian seed or Dominican seed, but it’s all grown and harvested in Columbia.  The owner of Bravo Cigar, Roberto Juarez, is very proud of his cigars and the fact that he’s making a 100% Columbian cigar.  Let’s see how it goes with this 6 1/2 inch, 52rg torpedo…

Appearance: The Ecuadorian seed wrapper was light with few slight veins.  The cigar was well wrapped with the seam of the leaf being hard to detect.  The band on this Columbian Gold is very pretty with its red and gold.  It’s not too ostentatious, but not too bland either.  This is a good looking cigar.

Taste: This stick started out with a heavy earth and settled into some woody flavors.  It maintained this throughout the whole with some light sweet floral notes coming in and out.  Towards the end some leather snuck in as an undertone.  This is a mild cigar so it won’t overwhelm your palate, but not so mild that it will bore you either.

Aroma: Holding this to my nose and inhaling I got a light and sweet aroma of tobacco.  I couldn’t garner much of an inkling as to what flavors I would encounter by just holding it to my nose.  The smoke was light and not offensive.  Though, being a mild cigar, you can imagine that it’s aroma is pretty mild as well.

Construction: Feeling along the body, there were some inconsistencies.  I couldn’t find any plugs and didn’t encounter any as the draw was light and easy, but there were some soft spots and some hard spots which tells of a poor roll.  Unfortunately, the burn confirmed this as it burned raggedly, many times canoeing on one side or another.

Overall: I’m a little surprised at how much I liked the flavor of this all-Columbian cigar, but I was disappointed in its construction and quality.  To be a player with the likes of Pepin and Padron, you have to provide high quality cigars.  Taste is subjective, but if you can’t provide a cigar that perfoms every time, you won’t be in the business long.  However, I’m not done with this line.  I’ll be revisiting it again to see if the quality improves to match its nice flavors.

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