Ramon Allones Specially Selected Robusto
To borrow a phrase I heard on Youtube, this cigar looks like its bene into a couple of fights and lost. Dark bronze, oilier than most Cubans. Very wonderful barnyard and earth smell that is even more intense through the foot
Good draw, with cold draw of mint and tea leaves. First light, very spicy, tingling all over the lips, dark chocolate on the tongue coating the mouth, sweeter milk chocolate with no spice on the retrohale. The foot smoke smells like honey glazed grilled meat - pleasant, but not as perfumey as some of the Nicaraguans I've had lately. As the cigar warmed up, getting a stronger taste of that sweet earth that made me fell in love with this cigar. If nothing else, this stick.
Halfway through, the Cuban twang took center stage with a persistent, pleasant, tinge of sweet coffee and nuttiness in the mouth and through the retrohale. These flavors intensified in the last third as the cigar heats up even more, with more sweetness through the retrohale. Unfortunately, the burn slightly deteriorated for no apparent reason.
What a wonderful stick that keeps grounded and grateful. 97/100
