Ashton Cabinet No 6 Robusto Review

Cabinet No 6
Made by: Ashton
Country: Dominican Republic
Vitola: 5 1/2 by 50

Ashton is another well know brand, the fuller bodied offerings like the ESG and VSG are spectacular. This is the Cabinet line which is much lower in body. The key here is to find if, as a mild cigar, it provides a smooth, soft, and stable experience. With that lets get this Ashton Cabinet No 6 Robusto Review started.

Prelight

Small veins and almost invisible seams. Nice smooth Connecticut shade wrapper with very light tooth. Nice triple cap, the second third is tighter then the first and final third. Slight wrapper tooth, there should be a creamy element to this cigar. The foot is giving off sweet grass and leather. There also seems to be alight white pepper on the finish. Good cut, just a bit of loose tobacco. The prelight draw has a good amount of resistance to it, there is a sweet hay and leather present. Lets get this lit up and see how it performs.

1/3

Pretty easy to light, medium smoke production and medium thickness. There is definitely an element of cream to the center of this cigars profile. There is a nice subtle sweet grass/hay on the front of this cigar, definitely light body, mild to medium at the moment but I could see it getting closer to medium in the second third. For a lighter cigar the smoke thickness is doing it justice. The finish is a light white pepper, as I reach the end of the first third there is a bit of leather mixing into the finish.

2/3

As the second third gets going the very light white pepper on the finish is overtaken by the leather that has come up on the finish. The cream that was on the center is now carrying into the finish alongside the leather. The front is maintaining that very light sweet grass note and there is a bit of a cedar undertone. The strength is at a low and the body has maintained a low to medium. The burn line is going well, not perfect, but stable and definitely not in jeopardy of needing a touchup. A summary of the end of the second third is sweet grass and cedar on the front and cream and leather on the finish. Two different sides of a coin, but the light body is keeping the finish calm (those flavors are usually a lot bolder).

3/3

The leather has continued to come up as the front is dropping. The sweet hay is still there but the cedar has fallen. Smoke thickness has held constant at a medium, and the cream that has accompanied that is still bleeding into the profile. The light white pepper is back on the finish, but the sweet grass and leather were the main notes that this cigar produced. The cream added wonderfully to the profile, in my opinion this made the cigar. At the nub the body was just about at a medium, and the strength was still at a low.

Smoke Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Conclusion: 85

Decent burn time, good construction, odd flavors for a cigar marketed as more mild. In my mind that title usually brings more floral/herbal notes to the table. This cigar is definitely mild to medium body and low strength. My advice would be that this is a good cigar for someone that doesn’t want the leather pepper as bold as medium or medium to full cigars present. That said, a mild cigar smoker could keep a box of these around. It would be a good stock for friends that they recognize like heavier cigars, but when buying the box this is something a mild cigar smoker may drift to occasionally. Personally this is a relaxing cigar that would be good when you aren’t looking for something to command your attention.

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