While I liked the overall flavors centered around leather, cocoa, dried red pepper spice, cedar and faint anise, I didn't like how drying the mouthfeel was. And by the time the cigar got to the final third where the cedar got bitter, it was salt added to the wound. As such, this Cohiba Serie M Reserva Plata is a pass for me.
In the end, this Cohiba Rubicon Box-Pressed Robusto is a cigar that starts stronger than it finishes. It delivers enough early balance and flavor clarity to avoid falling below an Average rating, but the gradual loss of nuance and increasing dominance of earth prevent it from climbing higher. It’s a competent, every day type of smoke that will appeal to those who enjoy earth-forward profiles, though it may leave others wanting a bit more evolution and refinement by the time the cigar comes to an end.
The Cohiba Spectre 2024 delivered a balanced but somewhat restrained experience, with a consistent mix of sweet tobacco, wood and faint earth throughout. Bread and light baking spices offered some nuance, but the profile remained largely linear from start to finish. Excellent burn performance was offset by a notably resistant draw. Given the price point, I find it hard to overlook any sort of construction issue, but especially a resistant draw.
The Cohiba Serie M Reserva Azul is a lovely cigar and a fantastic addition to the Serie M portfolio. The Dominican Corojo wrapper balances out the Nicaraguan tobacco, and produces a nice flavor profile of warm spices, leather, tobacco and wood. The blend really takes the brand in a different direction while also delivering a premium cigar experience. It has that premium Dominican Cohiba quality, which is what the brand needs. It’s a cigar that smokes great right now but will also age wonderfully.
The Cohiba Riviera Lancero was an enjoyable cigar to review with engaging flavor combinations and complexity through the first and second thirds. I enjoyed the Cohiba Riviera Lancero and I would seek it out again. The price point is pretty average for the 2024 market, and I think the flavor profile is well served by the Lancero vitola.
The artisans of Cohiba are proud to unveil the brand’s exclusive 2023 holiday offering called The Cohiba Biometric Humidor.
This Cohiba Riviera Robusto is the first Cohiba that's not made at El Titan de Bronze that is well worth it. Even though it's Mexican San Andres, it kind of smokes like a quality Connecticut broadleaf without the heavier chewiness. The price is a bit steep for what it is, but since I care most about flavors, I'm all in on this one.
Cohiba will welcome its first full-time new collection since 2020 with Cohiba Riviera, a six-region blend that features the very best of Central American tobacco and is named after the lush San Andrés Tuxtla Valley that bore the cigar’s wrapper.
The artisans of Cohiba are proud to debut the fourth expression of COHIBA SPECTRE, a small batch creation that marries the art of cigar making to the luxury of indulgence.
The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) yesterday ruled in favor of Cuban-government-owned Cubatabaco in its lawsuit against Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s (STG) General Cigar Company over the trademark registrations for the COHIBA mark in the United States.