Cigar Review: Casa Fuente House Cigar – Corona

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I smoked the Corona Size, which is the top in the picture.

Recently, I made a trip to Las Vegas to herf it up with a few friends of mine.  I met up with them, and one of our first stops was Casa Fuente located in Ceasar’s Palace Forum Shops.  Everytime I go in there, I generally pick up a couple of the Casa Fuente house brand cigars in the corona size.  They are very hard to find, and Casa Fuente is supposed to be the only place you can get them.  This time around, however, I changed it up a bit.  I picked up one Casa Fuente Corona, and one God Of Fire Robusto.  This review is of the Casa Fuente, as I figured the readers might like to see it.

Pre-Light: On pre-light, I ran this cigar across my nose, and got a nice fruity scent, similar to raisins or grapes, along with some spice and a little earth undertones.  I cut it with my Palio, and took a pre light draw.  On the draw, I got more earthiness, and a pronounced raisin type flavor.  Very interesting…

1/3: As I started on this cigar, I was getting a very definete sweet taste, with that raisin flavor very prominent.  There was a little bit of spice, but it was prominently that sweet raisin flavor.  Lots of billowing smoke, but the ash was very flaky, and not solid at all.  So far, this cigar is not as impressive as it should be for $18 per stick.

2/3: As I continued, the smoke was still billowing nicely but the burn was leaving something to be desired.  I was getting a lot of spice, with the hints of raisins and other fruity flavors.  It was pretty straightforward, and not all that complex.   The flavors were ok, but not something I would regular spend this kind of money on.  At this point, I don’t know that I’ll be buying anymore of them.  I like it, but I am not in love with it.

3/3: So far, on the last third, nothing is really changing on this cigar.  The smoke is still billowing, and smells great, and I am still getting the same flavors, with a little cedar flavor mixed in now.  Don’t get me wrong, the flavors are nice, but its not a real complex cigar, that I generally expect for the kind of money this one costs.  The burn straightened out, but the wrapper has now cracked, and is wanting to unravel on me just a bit.

Overall Impression: Overall, this is a cigar I think everyone should try at least once, just to say you’ve tried it, but its nothing that floored me.  The flavors are ok, but not overwhelmingly great.  The smoke billows nice, but the ash is really flaky. Try it once, some people love them, but this isn’t one to keep in regular rotation for me.

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