Augusto Reyes Nativo Robusto

[TravPSU]

(This is my first review so go easy on me.)

Date/Time: 07-17-09 4:10pm
Conditions: 65º 67% RH, right after it rained

(From CigarAficionado.com http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar...45,461,00.html )
RING GAUGE: 50
LENGTH: 5"
FILLER: Dom. Rep.
BINDER: Dom. Rep.
WRAPPER: Dom. Rep.
Rating: 89


Pre-light: Light draw. Sweet taste. Slightly bitter wrapper (this went away as I smoked).



First 1/3: Thick smoke. Very complex, I couldn't narrow down the flavors at first. It was sweet, slightly leathery. After taste was peppery. Small amount of chocolate at first but changed to nutty. Layered ash with a brown hue to it.



Second 1/3: Flavor mellowed out. Creamy and nutty. Almost an almond taste. Very good. Started to burn uneven. I had to touch it up, which is when I lost the ash. Was about 2.5".



Last 1/3: Still creamy and nutty. Started to get a peppery after taste. Still uneven burn, had to touch it up a few times.


At the end it was burning warm and I was getting hungry so I stopped there. Was about an hour and twenty minutes.



Overall it was a good cigar. Would have been a very good cigar if I wouldn't have had so many problems with it burning even. I really lucked out with this purchase on cigarbid considering I bought it without ever trying them before.

Note that I did not taste the orange peel flavor that was described on CigarAficionado.com. Didn't really taste the wheat, either.

[badwhale]

Nice review!

I've heard "orange peel" described in some of the reviews I've read, and then worked up myself. Can't say I have detected it yet. However, I'm still cultivating my palate.

Will

[denver24]

Great first review!

[TravPSU]

Nice review!

I've heard "orange peel" described in some of the reviews I've read, and then worked up myself. Can't say I have detected it yet. However, I'm still cultivating my palate.

Will

I'm not going to lie, I modeled my review after your's, hope you don't mind. I really enjoy reading your reviews.



Thanks for the encouraging words, everyone.

[ashauler]

Nice review. Your burn issues could be related to the fact that you just got these......let them settle in your humi for a couple of weeks and give them another shot once they have stabilized at your preferred rh%. Then again, it could be a construction issue, only time will tell.

[Roger]

nice review. Never heard of the orange flavor or the wheat flavor. Wheat flavor? I think that would be a hard one to "taste" anyway. LOL More chances to pick up the hint of orange IMO. Nice review, kinda like Will's, but that's alright, because I enjoy his reviews too. Nice one! Roger.

[Smoked!]

Nice clean finger nails! Keep up the good work.