Vegas Cubanas invictos

[Don Fernando]

This Vegas Cubanas invictos is a robusto size (5 x 50) cigar by Don Pepin Garcia. I don’t know the age of the cigar, but the production date is post 2007 as the band had the new design.

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The Habano Rosado claro wrapper is smooth, oily and almost without any veins. I didn’t like the cigar band that much. The cigar has a nice peppery barnyard aroma. The predraw is fine and I can’t find anything wrong with the construction upon first inspection.

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I can taste wood with some herbal flavors. After half an inch the herbal flavor disappears and I get a little bit of leather shining through the wood. My mouth gets a bit dry. Half an inch later I can taste a peppery chocolate, slightly salt. The chocolate slowly disappears and salty spices remain. At 2/3rd the flavors grow in strength, wood and spices although the wood is just a temporarily flavor, but it makes a comeback at the end. The final few puffs also bring a fresh, almost menthol like, flavor to the cigar.

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I got a lot of smoke and the burn is straight. This medium bodied, medium flavored cigar produces a dark gray ash. This is a good cigar but not memorable.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Maybe, It is a good cigar but I like the CI Legend or the DPG black better. Then again, maybe my expectations for this cigar were too high.

Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Appearance: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 7 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Aroma (first part) 7 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 7 / 10
Aroma (last part) 7 / 10

[Smokin Gator]

Thanks for the review Ferdie. I would agree with your assessment for the most part. I have not smoked that particular vitola, but I have smoke quite a few of the marca. Not a bad smoke by any means, but not my favorite Pepin blend either.

[DougBushBC]

I like these cigars, but part of that is because I have been drawing off a box from early 2007 smokes at my B&M so they have some nice age to them too!

[borndead1]

I like this blend. I think they are a nice change of pace from the usual Pepin spice bombs.

[RGD.]

Speak of the devil - I happen to be smoking one at this very moment. It's the very last one out of a box gifted to me.

When the box was new, the draws were a little on the horrible side, ragged burns and some tunneling. This one smoke though has been great so far (about 2 inches in) and I find that I am enjoying more than any of the previous.

I do agree it's not the usual Pepin strong blend - and that's okay. A change of pace is nice.


Ron