Aroma De Cuba Robusto
Origin: Honduras
Size: 5.00 X 54
Wrapper: Proprietary Honduran from Cuban Seed

From Superior Cigars:
A taste from another era... La Aroma de Cuba was a turn-of-the-century Cuban brand made famous in part by Winston Churchill who often described it as one of his favorites. Re-incarnated in 2002 with its careful blending of Cuban seed Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos, it is quite elegant to view. It's also wonderful to smoke with an enticing aroma and extraordinary full flavor. It draws easily and offers a big, enchanting flavor delivered smoothly with lots of finesse. It is available in seven sizes including an unusual 5 x 54 Robusto and a 4.5 x 44 Corona Minor. The packaging is truly extraordinary. Utilizing original Cuban artwork with several modifications and enhancements, the dress boxes of 25 are simply gorgeous utilizing extensive gold embossing and rich colors

Reviewed by: Joon At Noon
Date: August 2003
Notes:

I put in considerable effort to track down this cigar with this vitola, given that CA ranked this particular size highest. I can't say that I was disappointed.

Levin had the right mindset when he went about to create this cigar. Having smoked a few Cubans, it tries its damnedest to emulate the full-body of these masters. It comes short. It has spiciness but not the body to carry it through. The flavor was a bit metallic, and it did punish my taste buds (Which I wanted, meaning the strength was great) but I have to offer that it didn't give up much else. It was a bit simple in its offering, like eating raw sugar versus a very sweet cake. The sugar is sweet, you'd offer, but it doesn't have the whole package. That's the Aroma De Cuba Robusto.

I tried the Cetro earlier, and it was complex with less strength. I would avoid paying 100 dollars for a box of 25, but the band and box are wonderful. However, I don't buy cigars based on their presentation, just on their smoke, and at their prices, I'd wager that there are better smokes out there.

Overall, the cigar is beautiful with only a few veins, and a very dark color. It's a beautiful cigar to behold. It was great in strength but not much in body. It burned evenly, generally, and was consistent throughout the cigar. I don't subscribe to the "smoke half-way" rule, so I smoked it down to the nub (I'm cheap). It lost all charm with 1/3 of the cigar left, but that was expected (It was burning hot).

The draw was medium, which is a little tighter than I prefer, which may have accounted for the hot burn in the end. It had all the ingredients of a beautiful cigar but I'd say that it fell short only because the cigar didn't marry its full complement of flavors well, and the few strong flavors it presented were all separate and didn't combine well. I'd give it a B minus.