Entrada 1st Edition Robusto

Cigar ReviewNicaraguan CigarEntrada1st EditionRobusto

11 Nov

Written By Ray Prodanov

📌 Brand: Entrada
📌 Line: 1st Edition
📌 Size: Robusto (5" × 52)
📌 Weight: 14.2 g
📌 Age: 12 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

Cocoa – Dry, semi-sweet foundation
Cedar – Clean, supportive wood note
Earth – Mild, steady background
Black Pepper – Light retrohale spice, never too sharp

First Impressions

The Entrada 1st Edition Robusto presents a medium-brown wrapper with a soft matte sheen. Pre-light aroma shows cocoa, cedar, and faint barnyard earth. Cold draw offers cocoa sweetness and pepper, but the roll feels slightly uneven across the barrel, hinting at upcoming burn variation.

Smoking Experience

First Third – Cocoa and cedar open evenly, pepper subtle and controlled. Burn line begins to drift, requiring early attention.
Second Third – Earth deepens the flavor and the profile settles into a comfortable medium-body rhythm. Smoke output is good, but touch-up needed to correct waviness.
Final Third – Pepper edges slightly sharper as cocoa fades, and the cigar requires another burn correction to finish cleanly.

Pairings

Alcohol – Appleton Estate 12 Year Rare Casks Rum - Warm molasses, oak toast, and subtle orange peel lift the cocoa and earth and add roundness where the cigar stays dry.
Tea – Keemun Hao Ya A Black Tea (China) - Rich, winey, and slightly smoky — perfect for enhancing the cedar + cocoa base without overwhelming it.

Music Pairing

“The Only Living Boy in New York” – Simon & Garfunkel
Easy, reflective pacing pairs well with the cigar’s calm flavor evolution.

Final Thoughts

The Entrada 1st Edition Robusto delivers a pleasant, balanced medium-body profile of cocoa, cedar, and earth. While the flavor stayed coherent and satisfying, construction issues — mainly an uneven burn requiring multiple touch-ups — held it back from reaching full harmony.

Final Score: 8/10
Why not a 10?
Burn instability required corrections and interrupted the rhythm of the smoke, reducing refinement and overall satisfaction.

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