Rodrigo Habano Classico Lancero

📌 Brand: Rodrigo Cigars
📌 Line: Habano Clasico
📌 Size: Lancero (7 " × 38)
📌 Weight: 10.8g
📌 Age: 5 years
📌 Origin: Dominican Republic

Tasting Notes

• Harsh Pepper – Overpowering and unrefined

• Bitter Earth – Flat, unpleasant core

• Burnt Wood – Acrid, dry undertone

• Sour Leather – Off-putting, lingering finish

First Impressions

The Rodrigo Lancero looks thin and delicate, but the wrapper is uneven with visible seams. Pre-light aroma is musty and sour rather than inviting. Cold draw gives bitterness before the cigar is even lit, setting low expectations.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Immediate bitterness with harsh pepper. Burn starts tunneling quickly, needing corrections.

• Second Third – Flavors remain acrid and unbalanced. Aroma turns unpleasant. Multiple touch-ups required.

• Final Third – Sour leather and burnt wood dominate, leaving a hot and bitter finish. Construction issues make it nearly unsmokable.

Pairings

• Alcohol – None recommended, as no spirit rescues the poor flavor profile.

• Tea – Peppermint Tea, only to cleanse the palate from bitterness and mask the harsh aftertaste.

Music Pairing

“Anarchy in the U.K.” – Sex Pistols,

chaotic and rough, like the cigar’s experience.

Final Thoughts

The Rodrigo Lancero is plagued by tunneling construction, bitter flavors, and an unpleasant aroma. Instead of refinement, it delivers frustration, leaving little reason to revisit.

Final Score: 2/10
Why not a 10?
Severe construction flaws, bad taste, and poor aroma made it a failure from start to finish.

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