PDR 1878 Capa Sun Grown Robusto


  • 2:13:38 PM

    Wrapper: Oily/smooth

  • 0 min

    Band: Attractive

  • 1 min

    It's been a while since I smoked this one. I have good memories, though. Let's hope they are real.

  • 2 min

    Wood

  • 4 min

    I'm having trouble identifying the first flavors. Some wood, certainly, but also an undefined sharpness.

  • 5 min

    Wood

  • 5 min

    Other

  • 7 min

    Animal

  • 9 min

    Nuts/beans

  • 10 min

    I'm going to go with "smokey", right along with "burnt" and "toast" in the nuts & beans category.

  • 12 min

    Nuts/beans

  • 12 min

    Animal

  • 15 min

    Vegetal

  • 16 min

    Nuts/beans

  • 16 min

    Wood

  • 16 min

    Animal

  • 18 min

    The cigar is starting to balance out a bit, with a nice combo of leather, wood and that smokey flavor.

  • 22 min

    Animal

  • 22 min

    Wood

  • 38 min

    Nuts/beans

  • 38 min

    Herbs/spices

  • 38 min

    Animal

  • 40 min

    About halfway through, some spices appear, along with a bit of creaminess. Not al all bad!

  • 40 min

    Cream

  • 51 min

    Nuts/beans

  • 51 min

    Animal

  • 56 min

    Nuts/beans

  • 56 min

    Pepper

  • 61 min

    Nuts/beans

  • 61 min

    Animal

  • 61 min

    Herbs/spices

  • 67 min

    Animal

  • 68 min

    Earth

  • 70 min

    Nearing the end, there is a very pleasant creaminess about this cigar.

  • 70 min

    Cream

  • 70 min

    Herbs/spices

  • 71 min

    This is how I remember it.

  • 71 min

    Earth

  • 76 min

    Herbs/spices

  • 83 min

    Cream

  • 83 min

    Herbs/spices

  • 83 min

    Pepper

  • 84 min

    A really nice finale. Full-on pepper now, with a feisty retrohale.

  • 84 min

    Pepper

  • 85 min

    Draw: Very good

  • 85 min

    Ash: Good

  • 85 min

    Burn: Good

  • 85 min

    Strength: Medium

  • Result
    Appearance 75
    Construction 83
    Complexity 88
    Dynamics 93
    Strength 50
    Total 79
Production Details

Brand Owner
PDR Cigars
Factory
PDR Cigars
Wrapper
Ecuadorian Sun Grown Claro
Binder
Dominican Criollo 98
Filler
Dominican Corojo & Criollo 98
Size
5 x 52
Status
-

Ratings

Score Percentile Rank
79 29 57

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