The Eiora family is the premier Honduran tobacco family and Aladino Cigars is the direct connection with this historic tobacco growing, cigar producing family. Known for their Honduran Corojo, grown from original Cuban seed, Aladino has been making a splash recently with their development of Honduran grown varieties. This Aladino Classic showcases Honduran grown Habano tobacco in combination with their iconic Corojo leaf.
Country of Origin: Honduras
Factory: Fabrica de Puros Aladino at Las Lomas Jamastran
Wrapper: Honduran Habano
Binder: Honduran Corojo & Habano
Filler: Honduras
Vitola: 5 x 50 Robusto
Price: $9.60 MSRP
Link to Purchase: The Cigar Farm (Use code “Review” to save 10%!)
This Robusto has a medium brown, veiny wrapper and is very firmly packed. I like the band on pretty much all Aladino cigars, and this one is no exception. The cigar doesn’t have much prelight scent - maybe just a touch of sweet spices on the foot. The cold draw is berries and cream. Not gonna lie, I could puff on this one cold for a while. It’s subtle, but delicious. First light reveals medium bodied smoke with medium flavors of wood, hay, and earth. The retrohale has baking spices, earth, and a touch of the berries from the cold draw. About 3/4 of an inch in the profile has crept up to full in flavor and is still woody and earthy, but with a bit of added citrus. The retrohale has some creamy mustiness and baking spices. Entering the second third this is hitting its stride. The flavor and body are both up to full now. A nuttiness has entered the picture on the draw flavors. The retrohale is still quite pleasant and offers the same notes as the last update. The performance has also been perfect. Ending the second third the draw has become more baking spice forward. Coming to an end at a little over an hour, the final third was very much like the end of the second third, with maybe just an uptick in strength to about medium and a bit more earthiness.
Overall Experience
Overall this is a very solid cigar. It is a bit slow starting, but once you get towards the end of the first third it really opens up a more flavorful smoking experience. There is not a plethora of different flavors, however, what it offers is a well balanced profile that is on the savory side with subtle notes of citrus and cream that develops into a bit more of a classic, robust, earthy habano blend. I think this is a very approachable cigar for all smokers and would be a great introduction to Honduran tobacco, and Aladino Cigars, for a smoker that typically leans Nicaraguan OR Dominican.
Have you smoked this one? Let me know your thoughts!