Appearance
A light brown colored wrapper with a couple prominent veins. The seams are tightly wrapped and the wrapper leaf is silky and oily. The filler bunch is well packed with no apparent soft spots.
Aroma
Heavy cedar aroma with some sweetness on the wrapper. Tobacco, cedar, light coffee and spice at the foot.
Prelight Draw
Tobacco, cedar and sweetness.
1st
The initial draws bring notes of cedar and hay. The draw is a bit snug. The burn is wavy. The ash is light gray, stacked and flaky. There is a white pepper spice developing with a bit of cinnamon for a nice combination. Ash was suspect but held til removal.
2nd
The smoke production is at the low end of medium range. The sweetness and spice balance the heavy cedar and hay notes. The burn line is self correcting. Draw is opening up and smoke production moves up to the high end of medium. The finish is long with notes of cedar, faint sweetness, hay, mild coffee and cinnamon spice with a pinch of white pepper. Near the end of the 2nd/3rd the spice becomes more like crushed red pepper( never a bad thing).
Final/3rd
The flavor profile continues unchanged into the final/3rd. The strength & body have been medium throughout.
Overall
The CLE Habano Cuarenta Robusto provides an enjoyable smoking experience. Once the draw opened up and the burn self corrected they were spot on til the nub. Nice flavor and well balanced.
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