Black Label Trading Co. Santa Muerte Short Robusto
📌 Brand: Black Label Trading Co.
📌 Line: Santa Muerte
📌 Size: Short Robusto (4 3/4" × 52)
📌 Weight: 11.1 g
📌 Age: 1 year
📌 Origin: Nicaragua
Tasting Notes
White Pepper – Sharp, bright spice
Floral Notes – Light, aromatic lift
Cream – Softens the sharper edges
Earth – Underlying rustic tone
First Impressions
The Santa Muerte Short Robusto comes dressed in a smooth, medium-brown Ecuadorian Habano wrapper with BLTC’s signature minimalist styling. Pre-light aroma brings floral sweetness, white pepper, and a touch of cream. Cold draw is ideal, clean and balanced.
Smoking Experience
First Third – White pepper and floral notes pop immediately, joined by soft creaminess. Burn begins clean.
Second Third – Earth develops and blends with the floral tones, but tunneling appears and requires correction. Balance shifts slightly toward pepper.
Final Third – Pepper sharpens more, cream fades, and the profile becomes a bit uneven. Burn improves but never fully stabilizes.
Pairings
Alcohol – Plantation Isle of Fiji Rum. Tropical fruit, vanilla, and warm spice lift the floral tones while rounding off the cigar’s sharper pepper moments.
Tea – Ceylon Nuwara Eliya Black Tea (Sri Lanka). Light, crisp, almost citrus-like — perfect for steadying the pepper and keeping the profile airy.
Music Pairing
“El Freaky” – Los Amigos Invisibles
Bright, stylish, rhythmic — matches the floral snap of the first half.
Final Thoughts
The Santa Muerte Short Robusto starts bright and flavorful with pepper, florals, and cream. Tunneling in the middle interrupts the flow, and the cigar leans slightly unbalanced toward the end — but the core flavors remain engaging and distinct.
Final Score: 8/10
Why not a 10?
Tunneling disrupted the cigar’s rhythm, and the balance shifted too sharply toward pepper in the final third.
Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.