Smoked a Fincks 1893 Robusto last night while chatting with logan37 and bigwhiteash. Got this smoke in a recent trade with a BOTL here.
Robusto 5X54
Wrapper: Nic sun-grown
binder: ?
Filler: Nic
This cigar has a very nice appearance, not heavily veined and no soft spots were detected. The cap was well applied and cut very nicely. The pre-light draw was very nice, tasting of well aged tobacco and earth. The light was uneventful, and the burn was right on from the start.
The first third was predominantly earth and tobacco, nicely rounded flavor with just enough power to keep it interesting. The smoke volume was great, and since it was a still night, it formed a nice cloud that hung around me allowing me to enjoy the aroma very much.
At about the half-way point a nice leather taste made its appearance on the finish and mixed in with the earthy tobacco flavor very, very nicely......right up my preference alley. Burn continued to be right on and the smoke remained dense and cool.
In the final third, the leather began to recede farther into the finish and was replaced by a nice little hint of chocolate. Boy, with the earthy tobacco flavor remaining as the foundation, the mix of the leather/chocolate really worked nicely and never stacked up to the point of harshness.
During the entire smoke, the ash held strong until I decided to break it off at about 2", and was a nice mainly white salt/pepper ash.
While this is certainly not a smoke to be savored with that special bottle of scotch or cognac.....it is a very worthwhile smoke. I'm gonna have to smoke a few more of these, but right now I can say I'm as excited about this $2 stick as I have been in awhile. Davidoff or Ashton its not.......but, imho a very good value stick.
EDIT TO ADD: Sorry I had to drop out so fast last night Dennis and Rich.....priority 1 spousal, uh, emergency.
