Pinar Del Rio Habano Sungrown in Robusto

This 5X50 caramel colored cigar is from Pinar Del Rio.  This brand of cigars are fairly new to me and I'm interested to see how it smokes.  I received this cigar in a sampler 5 pack that has five different cigars from this boutique manufacturer.  I have several more that will be up for review in the coming months, so stay tuned.

  This cigar starts off with a smooth cedar and spice.   The draw is near wide open and is producing large amounts of smoke. Its at a medium body and leaves a good amount of flavor in your mouth all the way until the next draw.  The spice is a black pepper/green pepper in flavor.  The burning pepper sensation is at a 6-10 and is fairly intense.  The cedar is fairly sweet, but dry.  Its leaving my mouth with the tingle sensation from the pepper but dry with the cedar on the aftertaste. About a quarter inch down the burn is wavy but not dipping and is preforming well.

At around the Half way point(about two and a half inches in) All the flavor have stayed the exact same and have started to add dark roasted coffee notes every other draw or so.  The coffee is mixing between the dark roast coffee and a leather flavor.  These flavors come in after the draw and are a little harsh.  The back of my throat has a bit of a warming sensation going on and is not smooth.  I believe this cigar may be a little young and could use some age in the humidor to smooth it out a little bit.  The construction has stayed good, no cracks or soft spots have developed.  The burn is a little wonky, but no touch ups have been needed to this point.

At about 45 minutes in I have around two and a quarter inches left of this cigar.  The flavors have gone to a leathery chard tobacco and the heat is picking up.  The cigar gets very unappetizing and warm and squishy and is leaving a bad after taste.  I sat the cigar down at the 52 minute mark.

Price: $5.00
Appearance: 93
Draw: 85
Burn: 86
Flavor: 85
Burn Time: 87

Overall Score: 87