Casa Robles Cigars Arasibo Gran Reserva in Review

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Casa Robles Cigars Arasibo Gran Reserva in Review

WRAPPER: San Andres Maduro
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Puerto Rican

FORMAT: Robusto
ORIGIN: Puerto Rican
INTENSITY: Medium-full/Full

WEBSITE: casa-robles-cigars.company.site

NOTES:

Black pepper | Earth | Coffee

Smokes like two smokes, in terms of delivery. One, up-top, smoky-taut. The lower, slack earthiness. The back-end joins the combative pair in coarse black pepper-led bitter-sweetness, lingering fuggy-led bits. The notes are selfsame gate-to-wire/top-to-bottom. Ristretto, nutshells, faraway-dusty potpourri. Brown sugar sidles into finish, briefly-apologetically. A can of Coke left on a summer dashboard.

Charred steak grows-grows thru-out; imbalances-some. Abrasive(charcoaly) olfactory. A ballsy-gruff offering, brashly-so. Interesting under-tones are hidden too dry-rigidly-much. Chicory, licorice attempt, only somewhat influence. Burns quickly-wobbly. Mid-point re-direct/re-light. Dry-flaky ash. Quite-open draw. Admirable assemblage. An image persists -- scraping burnt toast into kitchen sink w/ butter knife.

TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B+

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

A tick-bit about Casa Robles (et al). This brand, and others of its kind, can be seen as representative(s) of a small and easily romanticized cigar world take on wine’s Garagistes. This moniker is originally in reference to Bordeaux-based winemakers who crafted "garage wines" in oft solo always indie revolutionary-reaction to the more traditional styles of those offerings.

Other Casa Robles reviews:

Casa Robles A Knight's Tale
Casa Robles The Seventh Seal

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