Vegas Robaina
Year of foundation: 1997
Tobacco Country: Cuba
Tobacco Procedence: Vuelta Abajo
Factory: H. Upmann
Established in the late 1990’s, Vegas Robaina is one of the most recent Cuban brand which is using tobacco of premium quality grown in Alejandro Robaina’s farms in the San Luis region of the Vuelta Abajo. Until his passing in 2010, Mr Robaina became a famous Cuban figure in the cigar world, with many aficionado visiting him in his farmland. The Vegas Robaina blend is characterized by being medium-strong, amazing construction, beautiful Cuban aroma and a perfect presentation. Most of Mr Robaina’s harvest was indeed destined to be used as wrapper for other Cuban cigars until 1997 and the creation of the marca. The only two vitolas of the current production are the Vegas Robaina Famosos and the Vegas Robaina Unicos but there are many Regional Edition cigars made by Vegas Robaina.
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Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro - 15 cigars (packs of 3)
$239.00Out of stock
The Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro is a flavorful and creamy medium-full Double Corona, 7.6” (194mm) long, of 49 ring gauge, and comes in a 15 cigars box. The Don Alejandro gets its name after one of the most famous Cuban tobacco grower, Alejandro Robaina, which was working for the family business even before the revolution. Its amazing tobacco, growing in the Vuelta Abajo region, was many times honored by the Cuban government as Vegas Robaina was named best tobacco grower during the 1990’s. Launched in 1997 along with the brand other vitolas, it is a very beautiful cigar to start with; the wrapper is incredibly smooth and has a nice milk chocolate color. The cigar smoke starts off with lots of chocolate and creamy coffee. There is also some leather, some nuts, a bit of wood and vanilla. Some notes of cherries are also to be found. The cigar is very smooth, never too harsh, oscillating between a medium and a medium-full body. The construction is impeccable, flawless draw from the start to the finish, sharp burn line, slow burn and smokable until the nub. A great Double Corona. Learn More
