Cigar Review: EO 601 Black Robusto
The EO brand (United Tobacco) was founded in 2003 by two long time friends Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega. They both have a long history in the cigar industry. The EO 601 line of cigars are blended by Pepin Garcia.
Country: Nicaragua
Size: 5×50
Shape: Robusto
Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut
Filler: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium
Price: $117 (20) Buy Now
Pre-light: This cigar is not very tempting looking but I didn’t buy it to look at it, this stick is for smok’en. The light brown (almost a light Candela look) wrapper has some stitch type veins and has a nice triple cap. A small amount of spice and leather on the smell and some delayed spice on the draw.
The burn: The cigar fired up with almost no work using my Zippo Blu. The burn was normal, it needed one touch up. The draw was perfect all the way through giving off a good amount of smoke. The ash started white a turned grey for the most part lasting to an inch and a half only dropping on demand.
The taste: To sum it up in one word, lacking. Not much to report here. I read in a couple other reviews that this cigar has a lot of spice. I tasted a very small amount of pepper and wood but nothing that really stuck out. Maybe I’m missing something on the cigar but it was pretty mellow for me.
Over all: An average cigar. Definitely not my favorite EO 601 but a decent cigar. I would pick up the 601 Maduro (Blue) before this one any day. Maybe I’m missing something??? Do you guys agree or am I way off base here?
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