Tabacos de la Cordillera Puriscal Gold Robusto
Origin: Costa Rica
Size: 5.00 x 50
Wrapper: Habano #91

From Tabacos de la Cordillera:
"Tobacco from pre-Embargo Cuban seeds are the foundation of all our present crops."

We grow all our tobacco naturally, from our 40+ genetically pure pre-Castro seed varieties, or from new strains we've created from these ancestral seeds. They represent the pinnacle of Cuba's Golden Age of cigars, after 300 years of refinement ... before Castro nationalized the island's cigar industry. Cuban tobacco has never since matched that standard of excellence.

We've captured the long-forgotten memory of true, 100% pure Habano tobacco, before JFK made Cuban cigars illegal. Nowhere else will you find cigars being produced from these seeds, some going back 60 years. These genetical treasures thrive in the unique soil and microclimate of Santa Marta de Puriscal, Costa Rica. Monitored, pampered, aged, blended and manufactured using the best of the traditional Cuban process, their inherent smoking qualities are enhanced to perfection. Not many smokers have experienced cigars like these.

Reviewed by: Gary Anderson
Date: August 2006
Notes:

These are very fragrant smokes. Taste of earth with unique flavors and aroma's. They are interesting not bland.

The Gold is not as full-bodied as the Silver but more bodied than the Emerald.

The Gold is good enough that I just ordered another batch. Burn well and well put together good ash and all that.

I can't say they are 1950's Cuban strain or not but good smokes. Probably 6 out of 10.