Cigar Geeks - Xhaxhi Bobi El Rabo Del Toro (with Julian Sued)

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Xhaxhi Bobi El Rabo Del Toro (with Julian Sued)
Written by Cigar Geeks Member: Kent (05Venturer)

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Welcome to another Member sponsored Geek Critique generously sponsored by our member Otis. The cigar provided for this round is the Xhaxhi Bobi El Rabo Del Toro (with Julian Sued).

The El Rabo del Toro is a collaboration between Julian Sued & Xaxhi Bobi (owned by Bob de Goede, who used to be a cigar box maker). The name Xhaxhi is Albanian for "uncle," which de Goede was given after working at a mine in Albania.

Xhaxhi Bobi El Rabo Del Toro (with Julian Sued)

Brand:: Xhaxhi Bobi
Name:: El Rabo Del Toro (with Julian Sued)
Length:: 6
Ring Gauge:: 50
Country of Origin:: Dominican Republic
Filler:: Corojo
Dominican Republic
Habano
Binder:: Corojo
Dominican Republic
Wrapper:: Ecuador
Habano
Color:: Colorado Maduro
Strength:: Full
Shape:: Toro
Average Member Purchase Price:: $10.00
Average Member Rating:: (1 Review(s))
Notes:: https://www.smallbatchcigar.com/el-rabo-del-toro-pack-of-5

This cigar was enjoyed with Iced Tea

Pre-Light: 9 Points of 10 Possible

Wrapper looks dry with a few small veins. Cap is applied very good to the slightly firm body of the cigar. Aroma is very light tobacco with a bit of woods with a hint of baking spice. Cap took my x cut with my Palio V cutter very well and cigar has perfect amount of resistance.

Lighting and Burn: 10 Points of 15 Possible

Cigars lights up well and burn is very straight, ash is holding up well until I "tap that ash" off. Smoke volume has picked up a bit and this cigar is smoking great. Second 1/2 the burn wandered a bit most likely due to the wrapper issues.

Construction: 18 Points of 30 Possible

Construction is very good with just enough resistance on draw for my liking. The "tail" off the head is a nice touch. Unfortunately when I removed the band the wrapper underneath was in pretty rough shape and was coming apart and this got worse as I smoked thru it.

Flavor and Aroma: 40 Points of 45 Possible

1/2: First few puffs are flavors of light tobacco , coffee and earth. Flavors are fairly mild starting off with a hint of spice on retrohale. Spice picks up a bit partway into first half, this cigar is really picking up of some of the flavors intensify.

2/2: Shortly into the second half when I pulled off the band the wrapper showed a lot of signs of damage and started affecting the burn. Spices pick up quite a bit in the second half and this is a good tasting smoke.

Summary

First off, thanks to Otis for including me in the review of a cigar I had never even heard of yet. This cigar started out very good and I had high hopes but once I got into the wrapper issues and burn problems the excitement wore off a bit. I will most likely give this cigar a try again in the future as I think without the problems with the wrapper this will be a great stick that definitely deserves another shot.