The Mi Barrio Robusto Dark Natural measures in at 5-3/4x52, featuring a nice dark wrapper with a sandpaper feel to it. The aroma has notes of coffee, leather, dark chocolate, and wood. Construction-wise, the cigar has a very loose pack with a few visible veins. This cigar came with a sampler I ordered from Famous Smoke Shop, and had the most hype out of every cigar in the sampler. Let's see if it's worth all the hype it's getting.
When you first light up this cigar, you get an almost overwhelming rush of dark chocolate with notes of coffee and leather, accompanied by a nice black pepper spice on the finish. During the 1/3 point of this cigar, I noticed something that was causing some problems. The burn has no resistance whatsoever. I'm not a big fan of that. Yes the pack was pretty loose, but I wasn't expecting the draw to have no resistance at all. That's just me, if you like very loose draws, then here's a great stick for you. On the plus side, the burn is dead even and the smoke output is tremendous, so I would say that makes up for the bad draw.
The 2/3 point of this cigar didn't bring many changes to the flavor or construction. The flavors are still a blend of coffee, dark chocolate, and leather. The finish has toned down a little bit... there's still a black pepper taste, but the spice has cooled off a little. Burn is still perfect, the smoke output is still great, and the draw has stayed the same.
The 3/3 point to the end of this cigar, like my last review, ended quickly. When I got to where the band would have been, the smoke became very hot, too hot to continue smoking. Overall, this was a decent cigar. If it had a better draw, I would have enjoyed it much more. The construction was great, the burn was even, and it produced a lot of smoke. If what I described in this review sounds like something you would enjoy, I recommend picking one up.
Stogie Rite score: 90
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