Berger & Artenti mooch robusto

[Don Fernando]

When this cigar was released, our friends at Toasted Foot held a contest for the best tag line. The contest made it to Cigar Asylum where Kreth and I bantered a bit and I said 'if you win the contest, let me mooch some cigars from you'. To cut a long story short, Kreth won the contest and shipped me a few.



The cigar is a 5x50 cigar with a double band, one at the place where you'd expect a cigar band, one in the middle and the foot of the cigar is wrapped in a print of an old newspaper bringing the news of the Cuban embargo. The wrapper is a bit yellow brown with lots of small veins. The construction feels a bit soft. The cigar also has a mild straw smell and an easy predraw. The cigar is made from Nicaraguan tobacco with an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper



I taste a full earthy flavor, a little bitter and acidic and some sweetness. The bitterness disappears after a quarter of an inch and now I taste straw and chocolate, mild sweet and a tad acidic. After half an inch the cigar also gets a bit spicy and the acid flavor is gone. The looks and the taste of the wrapper confirm that it is Connecticut, a wrapper I dislike a lot.



After a third I taste more herbs, sweet and spicy with a hint of chocolate and that characteristic Connecticut flavor that I dislike so much. After two thirds I get an unpleasant bitterness with some chocolate and wood.



This cigar was good for an hour and I got a good amount of thick smoke. The ash is light gray colored but not firm at all. The burn and draw are good. This cigar is medium flavored and medium bodied.



Would I buy this cigar again? No I wouldn't

Appearance: 8 / 10
Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 8 / 10
Aroma first part: 6 / 10
Aroma second part: 6 / 10
Aroma third part: 6 / 10

[mmblz]

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

Would I buy this cigar again? No I wouldn't

Luckily you didn't buy it!




Would you mooch it again?