Size: 5 ½ X 54
Wrapper: San Andres
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Nicaragua /
Honduras
Being a fan of the San Lotano line as you can see from
my earlier review of the Habano and Connecticut, today I decided to review the San Lotano Maduro Robusto.
I pour a splash of Glenlivet 18 into a glass, put on some jazz and sit back and
relax.
I pinch the cigar from its cellophane wrapper and smell chocolate from
the foot. I take the cigar completely out and the aroma I get from sniffing the stick is chocolate and hay.
This box pressed chocolate colored cigar has minimal veins and is well
constructed. I clip the cap with my Xikar cutter and take a nice dry draw and
get a spice taste of pepper. I toast the foot and a nice open draw of strong
cedar flavor enters my mouth. The smoke is medium full and the draw is smooth and open.
The first third of this smoke and notes of espresso and black
pepper are the dominate flavors. The burn is almost even and the smoke is now
kicking full and creamy. The grey ash is holding strong and staying in form.
The second third and notes of leather is a new flavor I
taste along with the spicy pepper. The ash held on until almost half way into
the smoke before falling. The burn is still slightly uneven. Both bands come
off without problems and no defects or cracks underneath.
The last third and the flavor becomes bitter. Bitter coffee
has taken over with hints of leather. The ash fell again and the burn becomes
uneven. The smoke becomes medium full.
Being a fan of both the San Lotano Habano and Connecticut, I
feel they could have done better with the Maduro. It’s not a bad cigar but after
smoking a few of these I wouldn’t place it in my top Maduro cigars and would
pass on it. This stick always left me unsatisfied and my head slightly spinning when I was finished
smoking. -April 7, 2013
Robert Anthony Meyers
