Charatan Claro Robusto

📌 Brand: Charatan
📌 Line: Claro
📌 Size: Robusto (5" × 52)
📌 Weight: 15.4 g
📌 Age: 1 year
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Cream – Soft, smooth foundation

• Cedar – Clean, bright woodiness

• Toasted Nuts – Gentle nutty warmth

• White Pepper – Light spice on the retrohale

First Impressions

The Charatan Claro Robusto wears a silky, light-brown Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper with clean seams and a faint sheen. Pre-light aromas show cream, cedar, and mild nuttiness. Cold draw is slightly tight, but still workable, offering soft cedar and cream.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Creamy cedar opens the profile with a pleasant toasted nuttiness. Draw feels a touch firm, but burn is perfect.

• Second Third – Pepper lifts the palate slightly, cedar stays dominant, and toasted nuts round out the mid-body. Tight draw restricts smoke output a bit.

• Final Third – Cream fades and cedar becomes sharper, pepper picks up nicely. Construction remains excellent, draw still slightly firm but never problematic.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Bushmills 16 Year Single Malt , fruity sherry depth and sweet malt that elevate the cigar’s creamy-cedar sweetness.

• Tea – Chinese Jasmine Silver Needle White Tea, soft floral notes enhancing the creaminess while brightening the cedar.

Music Pairing

“Tadow” – Masego & FKJ
Smooth, flowing, perfect for the cigar’s creamy, easygoing rhythm.

Final Thoughts

The Charatan Claro Robusto is a clean, elegant, easygoing smoke built around cream, cedar, and gentle nutty warmth. Tight draw held it back slightly, but construction, burn, and balance were excellent.

Final Score: 9/10
Why not a 10?
A firmer-than-ideal draw limited smoke volume and muted transitions, preventing perfection.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.