Quick Smoke: Casa Miranda Robusto
29 Jul 2012
Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief verdict on a single cigar of “buy,†“hold,†or “sell.â€
This highly-anticipated new release from last year’s IPCPR Trade Show seemed to lose its buzz when the man responsible for blending the cigar, Willy Herrera, left El Titan de Bronze (the Miami factory where the cigar is made) for Drew Estate before the cigar even came to market. Still, the Casa Miranda Robusto has been growing on me of late. The “made in America” cigar features an Ecuadorian wrapper around Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos. The flavors are classic, no-frills, and designed (in my opinion) to appeal to cigar aficionados—it’s woody, earthy, and dominated by what can only be described as warm tobacco notes. The medium- to full-bodied Robusto is notable to me in that the more I smoke it the more I enjoy it. Originally selling for an MSRP of $10 per cigar, if you have the chance to pick up a box for half that (as I did), I’d strongly suggest you consider it.
Verdict = Buy.
photo credit: Stogie Guys
Patrick Ashby
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I enjoyed the couple that I had, although I think that they could benefit from a bit of age. If I could find these for $5, I'd be all over them.
Nice one. After reading this I am going to smoke one too. I have never had any Casa Miranda cigars except for some Cuban and Panama brands, considering the fame this brand has; I cant wait to have one of those tested.