Cigar Review: Cuvee Rouge Robusto

Well, I picked up quite a few cigars at the RTDA and happened to get a couple of these from the Cusanos while there. After sitting a for well over a month in the humidor, I figured that I’d give these a chance since I’ve not been really fond of anything else that Cusano’s put out lately. Being a new blend, and a Dominican puro at that, I figured I’d give them a shot. Also, they’ve been getting some pretty good reviews on these cigars…

Origin: Dominican Filler: Dominican Binder: Dominican Wrapper: Dominican Sun Grown Size: 5×50

Appearance: This is an average looking cigar. The band was plain, but you can’t judge a cigar on its band, right? Nothing too pretentious, but nothing that said ‘dog rocket’ either. The wrapper looked good. There were no blemishes, it looked well wrapped, with no veins. Very smooth and seamless.

Taste: This is where we start to have a problem. After cutting this, I took a pre-light draw and got no distinct flavors except for a light tobacco taste. After lighting it, it was all downhill from there. From the get-go, ammonia was very much the case for this cigar. I’m not sure what the aging before release for sale is on these, but these cigars are still very young. Ammonia covered the flavor of this cigar pretty well, except for the tobacco flavor, but about half way through it mellowed out a bit to let some leather and pepper through. The ammonia definitely stayed on my lips throughout the smoke. I wish this had been the case with only one of the samples, but that wasn’t the case.

Aroma: Before lighting, the wrapper smelled lightly of earth and the foot smelled of chocolate. After lighting, the smoke smelled harsh, almost like cigarette smoke. Not pleasant.

Construction: Feeling the cigar, it was rolled loosely. And, there were inconsistencies throughout. There were a few softer spots, a few harder spots. Just looking at the foot you could tell the loose construction. Though, the loose roll itself may have been done for the sake of the draw, it was not evenly done through the stick.

Overall: I’ll give every cigar a second chance. I’ll have to get a few more samples and let them rest for a year before I come back to this one and see what its potential really is. Maybe I got the only bad sticks that they had at the RTDA, or the people who are selling them are saying good things just to sell them. The only good things I have to say about this cigar is that despite the apparent construction problems, it burned rather well, and it produced an insane volume of smoke, which is something I like in my cigars. If you can blow smoke rings, this will be one you can have fun with if you can stand the rest.

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