The Pinar 1958 Series B Pre-Embargo Cuban Rothschild cigar is frequently being sold on the CigarBid.com auctions lately. The forum participants on the site have discussed this cigar a few times, and the general consensus was pretty middle-of-the-road. Some liked it, some didn't, and some were indifferent. Having recently purchased a 5-pack at auction, I decided to try one out. Since none of the reviews I read on the forum covered the smoking experience in detail, I decided to do that here. In fact, this review is probably going to be more detailed than any of my earlier reviews.
CigarBid tells us that the Pinar 1958 Series B Pre-Embargo Cuban Rothschild is billed as one of the only sticks made with legal, authentic, pre-embargo Cuban tobacco. According to their site, it is made with 50% Dominican long filler and 50% Cuban long filler. I can't confirm or dispute that here except to say that I was shipped a small photocopied duplicate of the Brotherhood of Independent Appraisers' certificate indicating that the cigar in fact contains legal, pre-embargo Cuban tobacco.
For those of you who haven't seen one of these up close and personal, here's a photo of the unlit cigar:
As you can see, the wrapper is a medium-dark brown with small veins running through it. The picture below compares the size and color of the Pinar with that of a Cohiba Red Dot Pequeno:
The sample I smoked for this review was becoming slightly unwrapped near the foot. It also seemed somewhat dry, in spite of having spent a month in my humidor very near the humidifier.
The band is a thick paper, with a dark metallic blue background (which almost looks black in these photos) and shiny gold writing on it. It can be easily removed for smoking if you choose to do so, as I did in this case.
The cigar is firmly constructed, with a solid, consistent feel from head to foot. I was able to very easily punch a hole in the end without causing a problem.
The cigar lit easily and burned reasonably evenly throughout. For the majority of the burn it looked approximately like this (my camera seemed to think I was more interested in the yard than the cigar - what does it know?):
A little later on, it burned slightly unevenly, as pictured below:
I got a little over an hour out of the cigar. At first, the flavor was somewhat harsh. I'd describe it as about a medium-full flavor with moderately thick smoke. Although it's not too easy to see in the picture below (look just above my top-most finger), the smoke is a very light gray and comes off in small wisps when the cigar isn't being drawn:
The aroma of the smoke was what I would refer to as a "classic cigar smell", one that reminded me of the cigars my great-grandfather smoked when I was a kid. It has a very rich-smelling aroma to it.
The ash, as seen in these pictures, was a mix of light and dark gray in color. In person, there was a very faint but noticeable pinkish or purplish caste to the ash, like a very light airbrushing. I've never seen that before.
The ash was pretty firm and didn't come off the cigar until I knocked it off.
Toward the middle of the cigar, the harshness tapered off somewhat and the experience became a bit more pleasant. This continued until I'd had enough of the cigar, which was at about the two-thirds mark. By that point I'd acquired a moderate light-headedness from it.
When I'd finished with the cigar, I had accumulated a much stronger cigar smoke smell on my skin, hair, and clothing than I would have preferred. My wife noticed it, in fact, from a few feet away (to give you an idea). It wasn't the most pleasant aroma, but not entirely unpleasant either.
Overall, I'd have to say this was far from the best cigar I've ever had, but definitely not the worst. I'd rank it about a 6 on a scale of 1-10 (where 10 is excellent).
If you're looking for a good stick with pre-embargo Cuban tobacco in it, the A.R. Robaina is far better in my opinion. I'd trade a box of these for a 5-pack of those (if I had a box of these) any day.
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