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Casa Cuevas Reserva Maduro Toro
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Casa Cuevas Reserva Maduro Toro. A cigar that as far as we know is only available in the United States, New Zealand, and the Dominican Republic. And it’s a relatively new brand yet not a new family. The Cuevas family is growing tobacco and making cigars for decades. Since 1890 to be exact. In the early 2000s, the Casa Cuevas brand was sold for a while. But then the family returned to making cigars for others. Until 2016, when the Casa Cuevas line returned. In a way, the story of the Cuevas family is similar to the El Artista brand and even Plasencia. All three are around for a long time, but only recently started making cigars for themselves instead of just producing for others.
This Casa Cuevas Reserva Maduro Toro is made with a Mexican San Andres wrapper. The binder is Piloto Cubana from the Dominican Republic. The filler contains tobacco from Ometepe, Nicaragua, and from the Dominican Republic. For this review, we smoked the 6×50 Toro. Other sizes available are a 5×52 Robusto and a 6¼x52 Torpedo. For our reviews, we always try to publish the price in Germany or The Netherlands. Since Casa Cuevas is not available in Europe, we publish the MSRP in the United States.
Name: Casa Cuevas Reserva Maduro Toro
Country: Dominican Republic
Factory: Tabacalera Las Lavas S.R.L.
Size: 6×50
Vitola: Toro
Wrapper: Mexico (San Andrés)
Binder: Dominican Republic (Piloto Cubano)
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua (Ometepe)
Price: $10.90 (USA MSRP)
Cutter: Xikar X2
Lighter: single flame
Smoke conditions: indoors with ventilator
Smoke time: two hours thirty minutes
The review
The cigar looks good. The wrapper is dark, very dark. But evenly dark, and a bit on the dry side. The blue, white, and silver ring is similar to the new world Romeo y Julieta ring. The construction feels great and the triple cap is flawless. The cigar smells like dark chocolate and soil. Bittersweet and intense.
The cold draw is a bit tights. Quite spicy yet with a dark chocolate undertone. After lighting the cigar gives dark chocolate, earthiness, coffee. Bittersweet flavors with black pepper. In the second third, the dark chocolate is still the main flavor, but now with hay, coffee, and soil. The pepper tones down a bit. There is a hint of citrus. The cigar is balanced, yet not smooth. Halfway it’s still possible to retrohale without too much spice in the nose. The mouthfeel is still dry. In the final third, more wood shows up with some leather. But the spice and the dark chocolate are still going strong as well.
The draw is good, better than in the cold draw. The smoke is thick, white, and full. The burn is straight. The ash is almost white, yet it breaks quite easily. This cigar isn’t very strong, but the flavors are bold. The cigar is balanced. The evolution isn’t spectacular, but the overall flavors are good. The smoke time is two hours and thirty minutes.
Strength: medium
Flavor: full
Zigarren König
Great read!!!
I really enjoy smoking the entire Casa Cuevas line. Very good cigars, IMO. Starting to see more and more Casa Cuevas show up on my retailers shelves.