Aladino Connecticut Robusto (5×50)

The name Aladino comes from El Cine Aladino, the old movie theater in Danlí, Honduras that once stood on the ground where Julio Eiroa’s Las Lomas factory operates today. There is something fitting about that history for a cigar like the Connecticut Robusto. A neighborhood gathering place, accessible to everyone, no pretension required. That is exactly what this 5×50 is. Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over Honduran binder and filler grown on JRE’s own Jamastrán Valley farms, rolled at Las Lomas into a 45-minute smoke that opens with toasted bread and cabinet spice, moves through cedar and a gentle creaminess in the middle, and finishes with a clean, slightly sweet finish that makes the next draw impossible to resist.

Mild to medium in body, effortless on the draw, and priced under eight dollars. Reviewers at Blind Man’s Puff pulled notes of peanut shell and cedar right off the cold draw before the cigar was even lit. That kind of complexity at this price point is why Cigars Daily Nation keeps coming back to the JRE lineup. Stack the box.