Cigar Review: Los Blancos Maduro Robusto

Alright, smokers and jokers, here’s another installment of the Los Blancos cigar reviews.  It’s been quite hectic for me (what’s new, I know), but it was time to relax with a much deserved cigar.  I’m a big maduro fan, so when reaching into my coolidor, I just had to go for this one today.  Besides, I owed you guys and gals a review.

Appearance: I like the look of Los Blancos.  It’s not too fancy, but not too plain.  The double band is nice, and their color scheme shows you what you’re smoking.  Maduros have yellow bands.  The wrapper is a nice medium brown with slight veins and is well wrapped.  The cap is well done and the bunches look to be consistent.  This is a very good looking cigar.

Taste: I was immediately hit with a strong wood and spice that covered my palate completely.  After a few minutes the spice disappeared completely to be replaced by a leathery taste that dominated completely.  Talk about creamy.  After the first inch you could almost chew on the flavor.  I like that.  You have to smoke slowly though, because this will turn bitter on you if you can’t pace yourself.

Aroma: Holding this to my nose, I got spicy chocolate.  Very aromatic.  The plentiful smoke was strong tobacco.  This kind of cigar is why wives don’t want you smoking in the house.  But, I’m an outside smoker anyway…so I don’t care.

Construction: Feeling along this cigar, it had some inconsistencies along its length, but nothing too bad.  The burn was pretty even the whole way through.  I touched it up once, but that was probably more my OCD than the cigar itself.  I have to say that this is a well made cigar.

Overall: Very good maduro cigar.  Again, like the criollo, this is a man’s cigar.  No frills, no fuss.  It’s a straight forward, well made, taste good cigar.

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