Pre-light Experience

Initially what you see on the J. London Mr. London The Introduction Super Robusto is a Tiffany blue sleeve that runs from the foot to just below the top of the band and carries the line name with a black and white ring at the bottom that denotes Limited Edition. After sliding off the sleeve, a medium brown wrapper with a few decently raised veins is revealed. The seams are a bit raised and the head is satisfactorily finished. The band is electric blue, black and white and has an image of Mr. London on the front with the line and sub-line names. The aroma from the wrapper is a light mixture of wood and earth while the foot brings lightly smoky oak and light earth. The pre-light draw brings dusty cedar and floral perfume along with a mild spiciness on my lips.

First Third

The cigar begins with toasted oak, baking spice and light earth. At a half inch in, the oak gains a bit of smokiness to it and the baking spice transitions to black pepper. At an inch in, the black pepper and earth both pick up a bit. The retrohale is smoky, toasted oak, zingy black pepper and earth. At an inch and a quarter, the pepper mellows a bit, but has a long finish. As the third comes to a close, the lightly smoky, toasted oak is up front, with black pepper a decent bit behind and then the earth a bit further back. The strength was slightly above medium.

Second Third

As the second third begins, the black pepper and earth become even in the middle of the profile. The retrohale is now toasted oak with lightly zingy black pepper and earth. At an inch in, the black pepper becomes even with the earth again and they both have edged a bit closer to the toasted oak up front. As the third comes to a close, the pepper has mellowed a bit and is just behind the middle of the profile, with earth just in front of the middle and the lightly smoky, toasted oak up front. The strength remained slightly above medium.

Final Third

As the final third begins, the earth is now right behind the oak with a long earthy and peppery finish. At a half inch in, a vegetal note joins the profile. The retrohale is now toasted oak with lightly zingy black pepper, earth and a vegetal note. As the cigar wraps up, the lightly smoky, toasted oak is up front, with the earth a bit behind and the vegetal note is in the middle of the profile with the pepper a bit behind it. The strength remained at slightly above medium.

Burn

The burn was a bit wavy throughout, but never needed any attention and the ash held on through each third.

Draw

The draw was perfect, with just the right amount of resistance that I prefer.

Overall

The cigar began with toasted oak, baking spice and light earth. The oak gained a light smokiness and the baking spice transitioned to black pepper fairly quickly. The second third saw the earth gain a bit of a lead over the pepper. The final third saw a vegetal note join in and settle in the middle of the profile. The J. London Mr. London The Introduction Super Robusto had a nice start, with a nice combination of flavors and balance. The balance shifted in the second third and dropped a level as the earth picked up and the cigar maintained that level the rest of the way. This was a nice introduction to this new series and I’m interested to see future iterations, but this cigar didn’t really do enough to make me want to seek it out with any real frequency.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

6.00

Cost/Point

$3.16

Scoring System

Personal Cigar Review: J. London Mr. London The Introduction Super Robusto