Punch Robusto

Stars: 4.0
Purchased: Boston, MA, USA
Smoked:London 25/08/14
Country: Nicaragua
Size: Robusto

Notes: Picked this up offhand on a walk around Boston and was quite pleased. The shop wasn't even a tobacconist, just a bottleshop with a cupboard humidor, but it was fairly well kept and they did have a little box of matches and a ziplock bag to give me with it so they're obviously used to trading in cheroots. The smoke itself hit the spot sweetly. The burn was just at that temperature where its warming the mouth but not burning, and the aroma was spicy and intelligent. Will buy again.

Macanudo Maduro Diplomat

Stars: 4.5
Purchased: Stockholm
Smoked:London 05/09/14
Country: Dominican Republic?
Size: 4.5"
Notes: Juxtaposition. If there's a word most overused in high school English classes, this would certainly be it. 

noun

1. the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

If juxtaposition were to grow as trees, and the leaves of those trees were cut, dried, cured, and rolled into a cigar, they would call it the Macanudo Maduro Diplomat. This brown, smooth-talking civil servant is anything but diplomatic. He is a creamy delight of a smoke and one who requires no time to warm up. Notes of coffee, cream, Brazil nuts, chocolate, and brandy. And yet, he still manages to look like a dark lump of shit. If that's not juxtaposition, I don't know what is.

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Oliva Robusto

Stars: 3.5
Purchased: Stockholm
Smoked:London 25/08/14
Country: Nicaragua
Size: Robusto
Notes: By the look of the end of this cubist cigar you might think it was an amateur product, but you would not be correct. The Oliva Robusto was an incredibly enjoyable 27 minutes which I would gladly re-endure. It wasn't something to be raved about, but the temperature was perfect, the flavours both kinky and subtle, and the duration was spot on. I also think the price was very reasonable so will keep my eyes wide open for more of these delights.