Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting

Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting

Davidoff Dominicana - Tasting Premiere for the market launch of 20.05.21. Eagerly awaited, the cigar has been on the market since today. Here is the Robusto test.

A cigar test is subjective

Note: How the cigar tastes is influenced by personal taste preferences, taste memories, the shape of the day, what you have eaten or drunk before. Even the lighting mood in the room has an influence on the experienced taste. The notes described here therefore do not have to match your own impressions.

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Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting
Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting: I still didn't know whether the cigar would be a pleasure. The aroma was wonderful: as if I was entering a tobacco shed where the tobacco was drying.

Fact Sheet Davidoff Dominicana Robusto

  • Format: Robusto (length: 130 mm / ring size: 52)
  • Tobacco:
    • Cover pageHybrid 257 from the Dominican Republic
    • UmblattHybrid 151 from Ecuador
    • Insert sheetSan Vicente Visus, San Vicente Mejorado Seco, Piloto Visus, Dominican Corojo 99 Seco and Yamasá Visus from the Dominican Republic
  • Price: Status May 2021
    • CHF 21.50 / box of 10 CHF 215.00
    • EUR 21.00
  • Buy cigar: Google Search >
Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting
A curly tail forms the cap. I opened the cigar with a straight cut across the entire width of the cigar. This way I have all the channels of the cigar open for the full flavor.

Personal impressions of pleasure

Recommended minimum ripening time: 3 days.

First half

  • Tongue, palate: sweetish / nutty / slightly spicy / cocoa (bittersweet) / a brutal amount of coffee beans on the tongue - fantastic! / slightly acidic
  • Retronasalsweet / peppery / lots of cocoa (dark) / coffee beans - PENG - full load - absolutely brilliant!
  • R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: slightly peppery / full load of coffee beans - this combination with retronasal and tongue/palate is simply amazing
  • Umami: juicy / roasted
  • Strength 3/5
Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting
The first half is already a fantastically aromatic smoke! Attention: The strength increases and the nicotine also begins to take effect.

Second half

  • The flavors described become more intense. The coffee beans in particular become even more intense and an earthy taste blends with everything else. Grandiose.
  • Strength 4/5 and lots of nicotine

Conclusion and limited tobacco availability

Davidoff Dominicana is a cigar that has a fantastic tobacco blend. All the tobaccos are aged for 6 years before the cigar is rolled. The cigar was then stored for another year or so before it went on sale. The price is interesting: the Toro costs CHF 24.00, the Short Robusto CHF 18.50 and the Robusto CHF 21.50.

ATTENTION: This cigar has it all! It starts with a maximum strength of 2.5/5. In the course of the smoke it increases to a 4/5 with a lot of nicotine. Please be careful with the smoke. Even experienced cigar connoisseurs can get a little body tingling from the strength - haha - ?

Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting
Shortly before the finale: strength 4/5 with lots of nicotine. Even I, as an experienced cigar connoisseur, felt a tingling effect from the nicotine. Everyone perceives the strength very differently.

This cigar line will exist as long as the tobacco is available. To put it plainly: once the tobacco has been used up, this line will no longer exist. I therefore recommend that you buy a good supply of this cigar. Because even years later, this cigar will still make a fantastic smoke.

The wrapper is - in my opinion - slightly rustic with some thick veins. This doesn't bother me as long as there are no tree trunks in the wrapper. I am enthusiastic about the tobacco blend anyway. Oettinger Davidoff's marketing department has commissioned the master blenders to create something super interesting here, and they have implemented it perfectly.

I tested three specimens. All three scored almost identically; all with a score of 4.1 / 4.4 and 4.3. On average, this results in a score of 4.26 out of a possible 5 points. The ash holds well and is still somewhat flaky. A little caution is advised, it can fall off suddenly. In the resources below you can download the cigar evaluation tool (PDF) and rate your cigars professionally.

Purchase recommendation: An immediate YES without reservation.

Davidoff Dominicana Robusto Tasting
The finale: A fantastic smoke and a lot of enjoyment. Buy recommendation: Yes, without reservations.

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