2010/03 – Smoking the “Robaina Padrino/Godfather”

9 Mar

 

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VR Humidor
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Signatures
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Padrinos

March 2010

It was just an intimate get-together of 3 friends, Andreas, Bernhard and me in the pharmacy office to taste the Robaina “Padrino” or Godfather from a Humidor bearing the signatures of all 3 Robainas.

A Puro in the true sense of the word. Tobacco from the same soil, the same farm, rolled by one guy, not available anywhere else  but right there on the farm and providing some of  the best and purest taste of Cuban cigar making.
Caveat emptor – beware of highly praised & “safely delivered” copies …

To make it short : It is one of the best cigars we have ever tasted.

Pure Robaina magic.

Not once during the more than 2 hours, almost 3 hrs we devoted to this cigar did we find any flaw in it or have anything but praise for it.

We were simply overwhelmed by the perfect smoking pleasure, the creaminess but equally the absolute raw power of this beast. Absolute perfection in all its parts made a perfect specimen of a cigar.

Going through politics, sociology, Festival matters, literature, movies and all kind of interesting subjects, the cigar always came to the foreground and reminded us of the reason to be together.

It made us dizzy and lightheaded, it eased the conversation, it drove us nuts with the flavours, the aroma and the strong personality to be centerpoint and diva. Second to none.

Overpowering in the last third, it was too strong. I continued but felt the nicotine kick in and surrendered the last inches. Took me a double Torres 10 yr old Brandy to come down to earth again.

More detailed tasting notes by Andreas will follow.

For now : A most magnificent cigar.

Nino

Update 10.03 : Here are Andreas tasting notes ( In German ) –
Hallo Nino,

anbei meine Gedanken zur Padrino:

Die Padrino ist eine wunderschöne Zigarre im samtigen Kleid und perfekter Verarbeitung.

Damit entspricht sie schon den Erwartungen die man an eine Zigarre stellen kann der Don Alejandro seinen Namen gegeben hat und die direkt von seinen Plantagen kommt.

Denn sie ist eine Puro im besten Sinne des Wortes : nur Tabake von Robainas Vega werden verwendet.

Die Zigarre entwickelt einen intensiven Tabakgeschmack der weder zu schwach noch zu stark ist – einfach harmonisch und dies bleibt auch im weiteren Rauchverlauf so.

Lange nicht eine Zigarre mit solch perfektem Abbrand – bei allen 3 – gehabt.

Nirgends bissig, keine störenden Aromen, keine Spielereinen – eben eine direkt ansprechende Puro

Sie war einfach perfekt und sicherlich für lange Zeit eine “Benchmark” an der sich andere Zigarren  – egal welchen Formates oder welcher Marke auch immer – zu messen haben.

Es ist einfach so: über das (fast) perfekte muss man manchmal gar nicht sooo viele Worte machen/schreiben ;-))))

Andreas

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Sharing with Andreas
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Dantes & Padrinos ready
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Big Trio
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Andreas & VR Padrino
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Andreas & VR Padrino

 

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Bernhard & VR Padrino
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Bernhard & VR Padrino
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Nino & VR Padrino
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Picture perfect
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Perfect construction, draw & burn

 

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Number One Cigar in our books !
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Don Alejandro signing one of the humidors
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Hirochi signing
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Carlos signing

 

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Hirochi selecting Padrinos in 2009 – notice wrapper colour

 

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