Cigar Review: La Aurora 1495 Robusto

Hello cigar smokers,
Today I'm reviewing a new product in our shop, the La Aurora 1495 Series Robusto. This cigar is named after the year Cristopher Columbus made the voyage to land on the islands off of the East Coast, and the Spaniard people discovered smoke-able tobacco. This cigar measures like a standard Robusto 5" by a 50 ring gauge and is wrapped with a Cameroon wrapper, which is La Aurora's trademark wrapper. This cigar comes in simple cardboard boxes with some striking artwork on the bands of the Lion that is present in all La Aurora lines. This cigar, like all Cameroons are right in the middle strength wise a solid 3/5.

Flavor wise this cigar doesn't overwhelm, I would describe it as a lighter body with a medium flavor. This cigar has the prototypical Cameroon flavor, to me the body feels light like a Connecticut shade wrapper but it offers much more flavor than a Shade. This cigar gives notes of cedar wood and a kind of generic spice feeling that comes and goes throughout the cigar. This cigar is characterized mainly by the wood notes with the smoothness that gets bolder towards the end. Overall this cigar is very well balanced, not one dimensional and not flashy with it's flavors.

 This cigar draws well and I haven't experienced any burn issues. I haven't experienced a plugged up cigar from any La Aurora products and these are constructed about as well as I expected. While the box feels cheap, the cigars speak for themselves. Many smokers associate the cardboard box with inferior cigars, but that is not the case from La Aurora. I highly recommend these to any fan of Dominican cigars, fans of Cameroon wrappers, or anybody who is interested in stepping up from mild bodied cigars. I consider the Cameroon wrapper a good transition to fuller bodied cigars for beginner smokers. Happy Smoking!
JT