Smoked: El Gueguense

Smoked at: West Chester, Ohio

El Gueguense robusto is a medium-full bodied, medium strength cigar. The Initial flavors include spice, cedar peanuts & almonds, mild chocolate sweetness but it starts out rather harsh. It does settle into a more balanced taste of earth, wood, almonds and dried fruit (raisins?) with pepper more prevalent. Earthy. Leather and more prominent spice emerge on the final third.

Now the construction: The burn line was uneven throughout requiring numerous touch ups. The ash fell off several times. It burned rather slowly for a robusto and there was a soft spot that interfered with the burn. So the construction gets a 2 – rather disappointing given the hype on this cigar.

The flavor profile was fine, except for what I can only describe as harshness. It left me parched by the last third. This cigar was somewhat disappointing given the hype. It just didn’t do it for me. I’ve been told to try “The Wise Man” maduro version. I’ll reserve judgment on El Gueguense in general until I secure a maduro and fire one up.