Cigar Review: Arganese ML3 Robusto

Hi all, Cigar Czar here. Last night I had the pleasures of smoking the Arganese ML3 Robusto and that's what we'll be talking about today! I met up with my buddy last night and brought him coffee as he was having a really bad day at work. We enjoyed good cups of Guatemalan coffee and I relaxed and puffed on this beauty, while surrounded by several other beauties whose company I enjoyed immensely.

Now this cigar is real unique, similar to the soon-to-be-released Cain cigar from NUb, this cigar is an all Ligero cigar, which is the top part of the leaf which receives the most sunlight, also making this the strongest part of the leaf, hence the name ML3, Maduro Ligero "times three". The wrapper is Brazilian Maduro Ligero and the binder and long filler are all Domincan Ligero. Looking at this cigar was a real treat by itself. It had a very mottled dark, chocolate brown color, looking oily in some parts, and more like suede in others. The wrap was even and nice, although the cap was a bit on the sloppy side, but it cut clean with my cutter. you could see quite a bit of vein in the wrapper as well. The draw on this was a bit hard, but not enough to really make it not enjoyable. As it burned the ash was a very light gray with little areas of black and clung quite impressively. And though it burned pretty even there was a moment or two where touch-ups wouldn't have been a bad thing.

Pre-light flavor was a real robust, spiced nutty flavor. After it met flame, the nutty flavor subdued a little bit to the spicy, and a little bit of chocolate came through. At the 1/3 mark the chocolate subdued and became a bit more smoked wood flavor. This flavor was something I found remained throughout the rest of the cigar. But about halfway through the cigar, there came a bitter spiced pepper, with some earth in there as well. This also prompted some of the girls around me to inform, the cigar stopped smelling good, one even described it as smelling like cat litter. Crossing into the 2/3 mark and beyond this smoke turned incredibly bitter, lots of earth and the wood flavor was still evident.

Overall an enjoyable cigar, but the end kind of took some of the luster out. This is a medium to full cigar, so I recommend that you have some food in your stomach before smoking as this will give you a little bit of a buzz.