Pre-light Experience

Seth: The El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto is nice in appearance. It is a larger robusto with an antique brown coloring to the wrapper. There are some red clay colorings on the wrapper, and it makes for this lovely dark Natural and Colorado colored wrapper. On the foot and wrapper are aromas of rich earth, tobacco, spices and cocoa.
John: The El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto features a Colorado Maduro-colored wrapper. I weighed the cigar at 15.6 grams and measured the humidity at 63.8% using the HumidiMeter Pro. Aromas from the wrapper consisted of sweet tobacco and aged cedar, while the foot delivered the same aromas, with the sweet tobacco being the dominant characteristic.
Jiunn: The El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto has a fine grit sandpaper like texture to the wrapper. The wrapper feels sturdy with an even Colorado color tagging. Veins are well pressed, seams tight, bunch and roll even and the head is well wrapped and capped. Pre-light aromas give mainly faintness in dried red pepper spice and mixed nuts.

El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto

First Third

Seth: The first third begins with rich spices, cocoa, earth, damp tobacco, wood and mineral notes. It’s medium to medium-full in strength and body.
John: The first third opens with tobacco and clover leading the profile, while chocolate develops through the retrohale and wood defines the post draw. A few puffs in, a creamy texture begins to intensify the opening flavors. As the cigar progresses, creamy, malty tobacco and wood move to the forefront with mild spices providing support, while earth quietly joins the post draw as the cigar approaches the halfway point of the first third.
Jiunn: The first third’s flavor profile is rustic and robust. There’s plenty of fullness in sweet, creamy roasted nuts, dried black pepper spice, meatiness and minerals. Retrohaling intensifies the black pepper spice and is even sweeter and creamier than the mouth draws. The finish is highly rustic with gritty soil and cedar. Strength is medium-full and body is medium.

El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto

Second Third

Seth: The second third is fairly in line with the first. Rich baking spices that showcase cinnamon and red pepper with cocoa, earth and damp tobacco. Wood and coffee notes are present with stronger mineral notes. Like before, medium to medium-full in strength and body.
John: The second third begins with a combination of creamy chocolate, clover and earth, with mild baking spices lingering underneath. Medium-minus strength earth defines the post draw and lingers between each puff. As the cigar progresses, the earth intensifies and gradually moves into the center of the profile, becoming increasingly dominant by the halfway point of the second third.
Jiunn: The second third’s flavor profile continues to be rustic and robust. There’s still plenty of full sweet and creamy roasted nuts, dried black pepper spice, meatiness and minerals. But this time around, the profile adds a great cafe au lait character to it that makes the profile creamier and adds a new dimension of quality drip/pour over black coffee. Strength and body continues to be medium-full and medium, respectively.

El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto

Final Third

Seth: The final third is in line with the second. No change, and the cigar is getting a little boring.
John: The final third opens with creamy earth, wood and mild clover. Earth and tannic wood combine through the post draw and linger after each puff. By the halfway point, the profile has settled into a combination of earth and tannic wood carrying the main profile, with earth firmly defining the post draw.
Jiunn: The final third’s flavor profile isn’t as good as the first two thirds. There’s a tannic cedar wood that is the main issue driving down enjoyment. This note especially takes over the creaminess of roasted nuts and cafe au lait. Strength and body finishes the same medium-full and medium, respectively.

El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto

Burn

Seth: The burn is great throughout the cigar.
John: The burn was straight through the first third before developing some waviness. The waviness persisted through the second third and eventually required a touch-up to correct in the final third.
Jiunn: Perfect burn performance featuring an even burn, tight ashes, ample smoke production and cool burning temperature.

El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto

Draw

Seth: The draw is good throughout the cigar. The cigar itself seems to be packed with tobacco, which is restricting the draw, but it is not a problem.
John: The draw measured 50 inches of water on the Cigar Medics draw tester. Subjectively, it was approximately one-and-a-half to two notches into the resistant spectrum.
Jiunn: The draw was also great, providing good air flow and resistance.

Overall

Seth: The El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto is an average cigar. I don’t think it is a blend I would come back to in the future, but that is because it does not speak to me as a smoker. It shows a lot of mineral and barnyard qualities with a dryer tobacco profile.
John: Blind Cigar #1563 starts with a profile that shows more complexity than many of the recent blind samples. The combination of creamy, malty tobacco, chocolate, clover, wood and mild spices creates an engaging opening third that feels balanced and layered. The chocolate note through the retrohale is particularly enjoyable, while the creamy texture helps tie the various flavor components together. As the cigar moves into the second third, earth steadily gains prominence. While the profile remains balanced initially, the earth begins to push aside some of the sweeter and more nuanced flavors that made the first third so enjoyable. The clover and chocolate remain present but increasingly serve as supporting notes rather than equal contributors. The final third continues this progression, with earth and tannic wood becoming the dominant characteristics. While the profile never becomes harsh or unpleasant, it does lose much of the complexity established early on. The creamy texture helps maintain some balance, but the increasing earthiness and tannins make the experience more linear as it approaches the finish. From a construction standpoint, the cigar performs well. The burn requires only a single touch-up despite some waviness, and the draw remains comfortably within an acceptable range throughout the review. In the end, the El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto delivers an enjoyable and somewhat complex opening before gradually settling into a more earth-driven profile. The strong first third and solid construction keep the cigar engaging, but the loss of complexity through the latter stages ultimately places it in the average category overall. Total smoking time was 1 hour and 42 minutes.
Jiunn: I immensely enjoyed the robust and rustic nature of the El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto. Although rustic in minerals, meatiness and black pepper spice, the profile also dials in a strong showing of softness of sweet and creaminess in roasted nuts and cafe au lait. All matched well with a fitting medium-full strength profile. This one is a keeper for sure.

Seth Geise

SCORE

5.35

Cost/Point

$1.59

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John McTavish

SCORE

5.85

Cost/Point

$1.45

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Jiunn Liu

SCORE

6.82

Cost/Point

$1.25

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Team Cigar Review: El Titan de Bronze Nicaragua Robusto