Davidoff Escurio Robusto Review

Escurio Robusto
Made by: Davidoff
Country: Ecuador, Brazil, Dominican Republic
Vitola: 4.5 by 54

This is a newer release from Davidoff, featuring a black and silver band. There is also a second band that reads Escurio identifying the line. The next review that I will be conducting will be on this cigars cousin the Davidoff Nicaragua. It will be interesting discovering the key differences between the blends. With that, let’s see what this has to offer with a Davidoff Escurio Robusto Review.

Prelight

The construction, as you would expect from this brand, seems wonderful. Expertly done cap. In truth it seems like the cap was heavily focused on and it seems extremely sturdy. Visible seams and a few medium sized veins. The foot is releasing a blast of woodsy notes and a slight background of nuts. The cut was not clean, unfortunately it fell off when cutting. If I had to guess I would say that the cap was an error on the rollers part and he tried to fix it by covering it over. That’s not usually the case with the cigars however it does happen. Slight unraveling issues, not enough rollers glue user perhaps. The construction score has officially been hurt in my book. The prelight draw leaves white pepper hints on the lips. And the flavor notes are cedar and there seems to be a citrus in the mix (but it never showed up thought smoking the cigar), only one way to find out. Time to get this lit up.

1/3

Once lit the draw was absolutely perfect, the primary flavors are a bitter macadamia nut and a white/black pepper mixed finish. There is a cedar note behind the mixed nut front. Mixed nut referring to the bitter macadamia nut note and a cashew note that is mixed in with it. Great smoke output, very smooth smoke not very creamy but it is still very thick. As the first third progresses the pepper finish cleaned up. It dropped the black pepper and is a fresh white pepper flavor now. Mild to medium body and low strength. Beautiful white ash. It has now reached the status of a great profile in my mind, not one that I have seen before. The mixed nut note is shifting frequently with which note has power (macadamia nut note and a cashew note). The burn is running on some of the veins, but self-correcting. The cedar has come up on the finish alongside the pepper and leave a great aftertaste.

2/3

At the start of the second third the main profile notes are the macadamia nut note and the cedar finish high has risen over the clean white pepper. Great transition for the finish there. Body has risen to a medium and the strength has come up to a low medium. Consistent smoke output and the burn has evened out. Despite the cap falling off there have been no issues with that. I should have seen it coming, the ash fell at the halfway mark. Keep an eye on that. Toward the end of the second third the white pepper rose back over the cedar on the finish. The macadamia nut note and a cashew note are holding the front still.

3/3

As the last third of the cigar gets going smoke production has increased. The body is still at a medium and strength still at a low to medium. The finish has balanced out with the cedar and clean white pepper equal in power. No changes to the front of the profile still. And the burn is going great. At the nub the profile was consistent, only thing to note was that there was unraveling of the wrapper occurring in the very end due to the absence of the cap.

Smoke Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes

Conclusion: 90

Despite the construction scare at the start of this cigar, it was delicious. Great transitions, solid complexity. No major issues with the burn, and above all the mix of the macadamia nut note and a cashew note on the front made the cigar. This is a cigar you could smoke over and over again.

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