Comments on: Stogie Reviews: Vegas Robaina Famoso (Cuban)

By: love

love — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:59:25 +0000

This review has led me to stop taking this site seriously. This is a wonderful cigar.

By: John

John — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:09:13 +0000

I completely disagree with your rating. This is a 5 stogie cigar all the way. I think that someone who does not smoke Cubans on a regular basis does not have a palate to do an honest review. Cubans are a totally different animal than non cubans. The ones I have smoked are chocolate, creamy, no saltiness at all. Excellent construction.

By: Valdi

Valdi — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:20:37 +0000

I agree with you Brother Simon a 100%. It seems to me Stogy Guys are a little bit biased towards Cuban cigars; they glorify crap made by Rocky Patel and have always issues with recognized Cuban cigars.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:23:12 +0000

I'm afraid I have to disagree on this one. The VR Famosos is a wonderful and smooth cigar, one of my absolute favourites. Lots of chocolatey creaminess, hints of leather and just a small amount of salt and pepper. I've always found them to be nothing more than medium bodied. Generally I find this to be a 90+ cigar.

By: CC

CC — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:53:15 +0000

I'm probably missing something here, but how does it sell for $7US per stick in the US, when it's illegal in the US, as all Cuban cigars are?

By: Valdi

Valdi — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:12:29 +0000

Sorry but you must be out of your mind to rate this cigar 3 sticks only.

By: Tapper

Tapper — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:28:53 +0000

I've run inside and poured a big glass of water for the two of these I've had, and yes water does help for sure. I would rate this cigar a little higher – very strong even compared to a lot of Cubans, though I did find a chocolatey creaminess with a caramel undertone after the initial black pepper hit. Yes some saltiness there, I think these would take well to long ageing if I can resist smoking them.

By: Fuzzylogic

Fuzzylogic — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:56:38 +0000

Funny – my experience with this cigar and it is my favourite is quite the opposite – construction is always flawless other than a slight looseness of rolling, creamy smoke, no saltiness what-so-ever.

By: Patrick A

Patrick A — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:47:12 +0000

I originally tried this stick with some red wine, but the combination left me very thirsty. I would imagine other alcoholic drinks would do the same. Ice water is probably your best best with a Vegas Robaina.

By: furious

furious — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:45:36 +0000

I can appreciate your comments completely. I, too, was expecting more from this stick and was somewhat underwhelmed in many areas.