Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Casa Cuevas Cigars Habano in Robusto - Cigar Review by Kaplowitz

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WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Dominican & Nicaraguan

STRENGTH: Medium-Full
PROFILE: Spice/Sweet

FORMAT: Robusto
ORIGIN: Tabacalera Las Lavas factory, Dominican Republic

Spicy & sweet toasted overtones are bright but rich and both mingle as well as stay delineated. Nice. Undertones are not dark, per se, but not as bright and display a lightly toasted bitter savoriness with influences from up-top seeping into 'em. Citrus swirls top to bottom then bottom to top throughout, with a slight salty attachment. Toasty turns nicely roasty in the 3/3. Suprememely balanced and as complex as all get-out. Quite nuanced for a rather bright blend. Excellent depth of very thoughtful & well-orchestrated notes.

This Casa Cuevas is simply all a Habano should be and I am a Habano nut.
  • Spice (clove, paprika, cumin)
  • Pepper (red, white)
  • Chocolate (milk & cocoa butter)
  • Coffee (mocha latte)
  • Wood (cedar)
  • Cream
  • Citrus (lemonade)
  • Suede
  • Grain (cereal)
  • Earth (dirt)
The body is rico suave, mi amigo. Rich & smooth, my friend. Softly-so with the slightest of tip-of-tongue tingle. Finish is long and a beautiful settling of the draw which really allows you to enjoy its complexities. Ends clean and stays verily cool of temp from gate-to-wire. Strength is a gentlepersonly trickster who'll sneak up on ya but you'll both enjoy the bit of a head swoon.


Combustion offers me the sole opportunity here to bitch, as the burn operates on a slight to slight+ curvature. Ash grows well & firmly tight. Smoky-smoke is of an admirable volume, both passively and actively. Pacing is even-keeled and travels slowly. The room-note is a snoot-full of overtones and is another selling point of this offering.

Construction features no hard/soft spots and its packing barely budges from pre-light to well-formed & cool nub. Seams remain nigh invisible. The draw is a perfect medium-tension all the live-long.

FINAL GRADE: A
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59