Tweet
Trinidad ? Trinidad Robustos T
Size: 124mm x 50 ? De Valle
Unfinished smoke time: 45mins
Box date: OUS-SEPT-09
A short while back I reviewed the 2010 EL Short Robusto T and Kam (Kdot) PM?d the question ?How did the Short T compare to the standard T version??. At the time I couldn?t really give him a subjective answer. I had smoked a standard T, a Puff Scotty aged version which I had really enjoyed and had bought my box on the strength of. But, I hadn?t made notes and seem to remember having drunk several glasses of Havana Club on the evening of the occasion. This Review was intended to answer Kam?s question, but in truth I hope it doesn?t.
Appearance: Nice looking cigar. Mid Claro with some surface veins and a smattering of (very) tiny green blotches. Well applied triple cap finished with the usual Trinidad pig-tail.
Construction: Solid, firm but yielding. Pre-draw and draw were just a little loose and short of my perfect preference. The burn however was perfect ? although a little quick ? and remained die straight throughout the smoke. The mid-grey ash stayed compact and firm until into the final third where it became a bit ragged and flaked off more readily. No re-lights, no corrections.
Flavour: The pre-draw aroma was fabulous, haylike and slightly animal. First draw however was ?soap? and not nice at all. The chemical taste which I can only describe like being in the TK Maxx cosmetics section after the ?lumpen? customers had opened all the packets was the flavour base, and continued although subsiding throughout all three thirds. The Cuban citrus ?twang? when it appeared was muted and very much ?to the back?. Half way into the first third the flavour did take on some woodiness and masculinity and switching to retro-hale I could pick of some more pleasant flavours akin to porridge and dry oat biscuits. At this point Christine came into the conservatory and remarked on how nice the smoke aroma was, which was true, but better than the taste. At two thirds the cosmetic taste was dropping off a tad but was still the main event. To sum the third it was mild (strengthwise) linear and ghastly! In the final third the nicotine power increased dramatically and a little more wood made an appearance. However, by this time the Cuban twang disappeared and with the cosmetic taste lining my mouth and tongue making me feel uncomfortable I decided to do something I?ve not done before. I abandoned the Review.
Overall: Good looking well constructed easy to smoke cigar. I hope it was a rogue and leaving the rest in their box for another year will improve them. On this showing the Trinidad Robustos T doesn?t even bare comparison with the Short, because tasteing like it did it wouldn?t see off a Guantanamera Cristales. Sorry Kam, I know this is not what you?re wanting to hear and that these can be miles, miles better, but I can only Review as it is on the day.
Size: 124mm x 50 ? De Valle
Unfinished smoke time: 45mins
Box date: OUS-SEPT-09
A short while back I reviewed the 2010 EL Short Robusto T and Kam (Kdot) PM?d the question ?How did the Short T compare to the standard T version??. At the time I couldn?t really give him a subjective answer. I had smoked a standard T, a Puff Scotty aged version which I had really enjoyed and had bought my box on the strength of. But, I hadn?t made notes and seem to remember having drunk several glasses of Havana Club on the evening of the occasion. This Review was intended to answer Kam?s question, but in truth I hope it doesn?t.
Appearance: Nice looking cigar. Mid Claro with some surface veins and a smattering of (very) tiny green blotches. Well applied triple cap finished with the usual Trinidad pig-tail.
Construction: Solid, firm but yielding. Pre-draw and draw were just a little loose and short of my perfect preference. The burn however was perfect ? although a little quick ? and remained die straight throughout the smoke. The mid-grey ash stayed compact and firm until into the final third where it became a bit ragged and flaked off more readily. No re-lights, no corrections.
Flavour: The pre-draw aroma was fabulous, haylike and slightly animal. First draw however was ?soap? and not nice at all. The chemical taste which I can only describe like being in the TK Maxx cosmetics section after the ?lumpen? customers had opened all the packets was the flavour base, and continued although subsiding throughout all three thirds. The Cuban citrus ?twang? when it appeared was muted and very much ?to the back?. Half way into the first third the flavour did take on some woodiness and masculinity and switching to retro-hale I could pick of some more pleasant flavours akin to porridge and dry oat biscuits. At this point Christine came into the conservatory and remarked on how nice the smoke aroma was, which was true, but better than the taste. At two thirds the cosmetic taste was dropping off a tad but was still the main event. To sum the third it was mild (strengthwise) linear and ghastly! In the final third the nicotine power increased dramatically and a little more wood made an appearance. However, by this time the Cuban twang disappeared and with the cosmetic taste lining my mouth and tongue making me feel uncomfortable I decided to do something I?ve not done before. I abandoned the Review.
Overall: Good looking well constructed easy to smoke cigar. I hope it was a rogue and leaving the rest in their box for another year will improve them. On this showing the Trinidad Robustos T doesn?t even bare comparison with the Short, because tasteing like it did it wouldn?t see off a Guantanamera Cristales. Sorry Kam, I know this is not what you?re wanting to hear and that these can be miles, miles better, but I can only Review as it is on the day.
I still can't believe that I haven't had one of these, had the rest of the Trini line up, but not the robusto. Maybe on my next trip to the tobacconist... Oh yes, that's tomorrow... 
Comment